What if a defender never established LGP and attempts to guard a dribbler

[Camron Rust]

If there is no contact, there is no call....legal play.

If there is contact, it will usually be a block.

However, if the defender had been either stationary (no LGP required) or was moving directly away from the dribbler (in the same path and direction), the defender has a right to that position if it was legally obtained. Moving directly away only decreases any chance of contact or the severity of the contact.

LGP is only needed to move laterally or obliquely away from the drubber, not directly away.