This is all wonderful, but we have words in the rulebook and the word "nudge" is not used. So if there is illegal contact, then it should be called. But all contact is not a foul and can be severe. That last wording is actually used in the rulebook. And since this is really a HTBT situation, this would be based on the judgment if contact was significant to displace the player from normal movement as a shooter.

Peace

You mean: After the first one the players yell, "Don't even touch him!" "Don't breathe on him!" and roll their eyes a lot.:D

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I agree that this is a classic, HTBT.

In light of what has been presented in the OP and others, I would agree that the common foul may be appropriate for this situation then the intentional foul.

However, I just want to make sure we don't get caught up on the issue of how much contact is needed to call a foul, that we disregard some "light" contact that could gain an advantage. We may have harder contact on pick and let it go, and light touch to the shooter's arm we call.

For example, if you have an airborne shooter taking an outside shot and the defender gives him/her a "light" jab/poke to the belly on the way up before the shot, ask yourself if you are going to call that a foul? Or ignore it because it was light.

Conversely, we could have a train wreck with two players running for a loose ball in the air, and they collide because they were looking up and we have nothing. I know, you HTBT and not quite the same, but I only wanted to make a point about the amount of contact and type of contact.

I'm calling that an intentional foul, to be honest.

Shooting foul :D

"And two!"

:D

FIBA Ruling:

Clear path. UNS foul.

Those are bad analogies as contact on a screen is not only expected, it is legal if everyone has done their job. I do not put contact on a screen as the same as contact on a shooter either. And contact on a shooter can be legal as well. It is not about the severity of the contact, is is whether the contact is illegal and affects "normal offensive and defensive movement." If the contact does not do that, then it is not a foul even if it is severe.

Do not cloud the issue with the severity of contact when we know incidental contact does not consider the level as a reason to call or not call a foul.

Peace