One Last Play

[Pantherdreams]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sorry, a no call is just not an option in this situation.....collision and both bodies go down. You have to take what you know and make a decision. Even if you're not 100%, there needs to be a call. You'd look far worse doing nothing here with the play right in your lap than getting a close call wrong.


The offense isn't required to avoid a defender who doesn't have legal position. It is the defenders responsibility to legally get in the path and maintain a legal position. If they don't, they have no protection in such collisions.


No convo needed. Defender got beat and committed a foul.

We can agree to disagree assuming I don't see the play I can't call things I don't see. SHould their be a call here definitely. But if I don't see a travel, foul or any other call in the course of a game I not calling to call it on the notion it looks bad if I don't call something here. If questioned I would readily admit that it was suppose to be my call and I missed it.



The offense isn't required to avoid a defender who doesn't have legal position. It is the defenders responsibility to legally get in the path and maintain a legal position. If they don't, they have no protection in such collisions.

The offense is not required to avoid the defender ever legal position or no. They also don't have to run over anyone whether they are a defender, screener, hapless lost player on the court or teammate. We just need to determine who was responsible for contact, who was advantaged or disadvantaged by a particular play, etc.

I'm not convinced based on the situation I see in the video that player on offense is making a legitmate move to get open or run to a spot as much as they are running into the defense simply to create a contact situation. My point is only that in the context of each game this play may be different (level of play, previous acts, etc) so I could see making each of the calls I mentioned in different situations.

In the end I'm certainly not punishing a defender if offense is clearly not trying to go by or get the ball but rather just run them over through their chest.

I don't think without the context of the game I can say for sure whether a convo is needed or not. Tnough we could say that for any clip, so you are right in that is probably isn't worth mentioning here.