Legal pick?

[btaylor64]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The C would not likely have this call. The C is in the FC, there are only two players without the ball. This was not a full court team press.

Peace

No on this point he is absolutely right. Anytime there is anything other than a 1 on 1 matchup in the bc(Iow 3 or more players) the C should stay back. The ball is the most important part of the game and that is where everyone is watching so plays in its immediate vicinity must have more eyes on it in multiple player situations.

So in reference to this play I would not want 2 refs, my c especially, reffing that hard off ball in the FC when the ball is still 50+ ft from the basket. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

[zebraman]

I'm a stickler for a patient C who does not bail out on the T, but I think there was just too much going on off-ball for the C to be helping the T all the way across the court there in backcourt. The pace was fast and the C needed to watch the transitioning players in front of him and get his butt to the other end. If there was a call to be made, it had to come from the T and he would have had to have been reffing "one play ahead" to see the whole thing.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

No on this point he is absolutely right. Anytime there is anything other than a 1 on 1 matchup in the bc(Iow 3 or more players) the C should stay back. The ball is the most important part of the game and that is where everyone is watching so plays in its immediate vicinity must have more eyes on it in multiple player situations.

So in reference to this play I would not want 2 refs, my c especially, reffing that hard off ball in the FC when the ball is still 50+ ft from the basket. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

He is not right according to the mechanics I work under.

If that is what he wants to do, then so be it. But the ball was near the FT line in the BC, I would not be back in the BC with only 3 players there if I was the center. And with all the players on the other end of the court, I do not want to leave one official covering them all alone. One official can handle three pretty well if you ask me. They can handle three players in a HC situation. And I do not care where everyone is looking; it is what everyone is not looking at that can get you in the most trouble.

Peace