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Originally posted by JeffTheRef
If the defender jumps first, s/he has the right to come down on any spot that was unoccupied at the moment of takeoff. This doesn't have to involve a player in control. A great example is an inbounds pass from the baseline out beyond the 3 point line. It's not unusual for the offense player to leap forward for the ball and for a defender to move into the landing spot.
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Using this theory, if I'm a defender I can avoid a block foul by stopping an offensive player that's burning me by "jumping" in his way. If my feet were on the ground and I clip him, it's a block. If I go airborne in a jump (aiming for a currently empty space in front of the offensive player), then it should be a foul on the offense.
Sorry, that doesn't "fly"...
Fri Jun 13, 2003, 01:31pm
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