Defender intentionally falls onto hands and knees...

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So could you tell us what - in your mind- IS worthy of an offensive foul?? Seems to me that this is exactly what the case book and rule books talk about when referring to the offensive player "backing down" the defender. Had this been called even once in the first half, this little lizard would never have grown into the dinosaur that it became.

Your keyboard is broken btw. All sorts of type sizes coming out of it.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Your keyboard is broken btw. All sorts of type sizes coming out of it.

I put in a work order...the IT department told me to STFU. How rude!!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I put in a work order...the IT department told me to STFU. How rude!!

Now we know where Dan works. I'd have never guessed it.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Now we know where Dan works. I'd have never guessed it.

STFU

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Seems to me that this is exactly what the case book and rule books talk about when referring to the offensive player "backing down" the defender.

POE 3 in the 2007-08 rule book:

3. DISPLACEMENT:
Displacement is a foul and must be called.
A. POST PLAY. When a player dislodges an opponent from an established position by pushing or "backing in", it is a foul."

Couldn't be clearer. The exact same POE has been put in the rulebook several times recently. Now we know why.

[26 Year Gap]

As an aside, McHale learned the pulling the chair out manuever from Rick Mahorn who did it to either Parish or McHale on successive trips down the floor. It was hilarious. [Maybe not if you liked the Celtics, but I am not in that camp.]

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by PSidbury

So, on the first A-possession, sure enough the ball goes in to the A-forward and he feels the B-player on his back, so he begins to back down.

However… the B-defender immediately drops to his hands and knees (within his space) and… you guessed it… allows the A-player to tumble over him.

I realize I'm a bit late in the game posting on this, but to me, this is at LEAST an intentional personal foul and very possibly a flagrant personal.