Flopping Reference

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Can't the defender legally move backward an almost any time, even if contact is not imminent, with the exception of moving into the path of an airborne shooter, who has already become airborne?

Can't the offensive player legally move backward?

Can't the defender legally move sideways?

What if the offensive player is airborne, but isn't an airborne shooter?

IOW, try reading with context and stop trying to make every statement apply to every situation. That's the kind of crap that leads to your technical foul and myth summaries being so complicated. JMO, of course.