Yes. By your presence there you are taking away one way that an opponent can attack the basket. He cannot jump and land on you. He must stop, jump straight up, and make a short shot.

While in FIBA rules you can take a charge when standing directly under the basket, I have been told by several rules intrepeters that this should very rarely be called. The thinking is that if the player has released the ball, and the defender is standing right under the bucket, then there isn't any advantage/disadvantage, therefore no call. To be honest, I'm still unable to make up my mind whether I agree with this interpretation or not.....:confused:

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I missed a NOT!

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Good post, Sisyphus.

What do the rule books say?

"Coach, the defender's feet were clearly a few inches outside of the semi-circle painted on the floor."

Let me answer this with another question.

WTF does it matter?

Or I ask, how do you defend players who like to drive baseline and shoot reverse lay-ups?

I guess i'm too new at this>
 

I would like to say that Mark but I just don't think I could. Maybe I haven't been on my meds long enough>:D

W&S:

The answer to your question is an unqualified yes. Your next question should be why? The answer to that question is: When A1 goes airborne, he should be able to go airborne and return to the floor without making illegal contact with B1 who had a legal position on the floor before A1 went airborne.

MTD, Sr.

I see players there all the time while defending throw-ins, for example.

Hawkeye:

That's cold, but I like it. :D

MTD, Sr.

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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes
If you are under the basket that you are supposed to be defending, can you really be playing defense?

I see players there all the time while defending throw-ins, for example.


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