Constant Debate - Vertical Plane

[NCHSAA]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Do you look at what the rule book says about a situation before you post it?
In this play, the rule is clear.

4-23-3c
After the initial legal guarding position is obtained:
The guard may move laterally or obliquely to maintain position, provided it is not toward the opponent when contact occurs.

If the defender is moving toward the opponent with the ball when the contact occurs, the foul is on the defender. Who initiated the contact is of no consequence, by rule.

The shooter can jump 10 feet forward if he chooses to. It's not a foul unless the contact is against a defender with legal position.

No can't say that I do ! I can see the call if it is a regular shot, but a "heev ho" where the offensive player is turned and the contact is on the shoulder, I cannot. Dwayne Wade had a couple of plays like this that I can think of, where he would get the defender to jump forward then he would turn sideways and jump into the defender just to cause the contact, this is the type situation I am trying to describe.