Blowout Officiating

[rainmaker]

Regarding "Steering": If you want to see what I am talking about, watch the movie "Love and Basketball." In the scene called, "Second Quarter" there is a clip where the male lead (can't remember his name) is bieng shown how good he is. He slides the ball sideways past the defender, while taking about four steps. This is the definitive play that I call steering. Now, I know the steps are NOT illegal. I only put that part of the sentence in, so you can know which scene I'm talking about. I've heard this called a "Hesitation Move," but I think of "steering" as a sub-category of "Hesitation".

Regarding a press during the blowout, I did say once to a coach, "Some coaches see a press with a 40 point lead as a sign of insecurity and over-compensation..." I said it as the play was moving up the floor and I didn't stop to get a response. Thinking back, it sounds kind of like a bad idea, but it worked...