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assignmentmaker Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:15pm

Dribbler A1 beats an outside defender B1 in a zone and heads towards the basket. B2 and B3 move to set up in A1's path and they do get 'in front'. . . more or less. Meaning, because there are two of them, they end up left foot to right foot and thus neither is precisely, exactly, literally, 'two feet on the floor, facing the dribbler' UNLESS you, as I, quite spontaneously, are willing to construe this positioning as 4 feet on the floor facing the dribbler. I'm not kidding. I saw it as one continuous defender, so, when the dribbler tried to plow through a space that wasn't really there . . . player control foul.

What say you?


Dan_ref Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:29pm

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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
Dribbler A1 beats an outside defender B1 in a zone and heads towards the basket. B2 and B3 move to set up in A1's path and they do get 'in front'. . . more or less. Meaning, because there are two of them, they end up left foot to right foot and thus neither is precisely, exactly, literally, 'two feet on the floor, facing the dribbler' UNLESS you, as I, quite spontaneously, are willing to construe this positioning as 4 feet on the floor facing the dribbler. I'm not kidding. I saw it as one continuous defender, so, when the dribbler tried to plow through a space that wasn't really there . . . player control foul.

What say you?


2 feet on the floor facing means just that - nothing exact, precise or literal to ponder. Sounds like you had 2 players obtaining LGP. Only question to be answered is did the dribbler get head & shoulders past the defenders when contact was made. If yes, a whistle can be a block. If no, a whistle can't be a block.

mick Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:48pm

10-6-2
10.6.2 Sitch C

assignmentmaker Sun Feb 20, 2005 01:34am

Right, thanks . . .
 
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Originally posted by mick
10-6-2
10.6.2 Sitch C

Thanks. That's pretty much the story. This gets the 'good no call' or even a block way too often.


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