Hand Checking

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by JRutledge

Let me say this, if you want to be successful or you want to work a high caliber of basketball, you better have some displacement to before you make that call.

Did you happen to leave out the words "in my area of Illinois" at the end of the sentence above, Jeff? It certainly ain't true in my area, with regards to high school ball. The forearm in the back of a post player will get called, even if there is no displacement involved. There usually is a warning involved, but if the defender ignores the warning, he's doing so at his own risk. A defender with his hand on the dribbler for more than 2 steps is also gonna draw a call, even though the dribbler isn't displaced.