Flop

[Adam]

To further beat this horse:

What if:

What if A1, with the ball, is following B1, who is running towards A's basket. Same path. A1 takes off from the FT line, and before B1 even knows what's going on, A1 crashes through B1, who is still running towards the basket. Are you calling B1 for the block?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

To further beat this horse:

What if:

What if A1, with the ball, is following B1, who is running towards A's basket. Same path. A1 takes off from the FT line, and before B1 even knows what's going on, A1 crashes through B1, who is still running towards the basket. Are you calling B1 for the block?

See below:

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

FWIW, NCAA rules do not include the equivalent of 4-23-4 and 4-23-5, so there is no real distinction between guarding dribblers and airborne players, and a defender can legally move laterally or obliquely after LGP was established. This follows everyone's impression that it should also apply here. But since the rules are written differently, we cannot automatically assume the same principles apply.

Ok, now I'm done. Until something more concrete becomes available.

[Adam]

Very well, then.

[M&M Guy]

Ok then.



(Of course, I'm not sure which one us this applies to.)

[Adam]

I almost went that route, but we're not talking about the arrow.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I almost went that route, but we're not talking about the arrow.

Wait is somebody getting rid of the arrow?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Wait is somebody getting rid of the arrow?

Nope, different arrow discussion.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Ok then.



(Of course, I'm not sure which one us this applies to.)

Blarges?

[Art N]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

To further beat this horse:

What if:

What if A1, with the ball, is following B1, who is running towards A's basket. Same path. A1 takes off from the FT line, and before B1 even knows what's going on, A1 crashes through B1, who is still running towards the basket. Are you calling B1 for the block?

I'm with you brother! Great example. This seems crystal clear to me. I was originally shocked when we had others say it would be a block!!!
Forget even a player with the ball! Would we let ANY player jump in the air and then land on the back of the slower moving player in front of them? I would hope not.
I do understand their point of view better now, but I know both sides are reading it differently.