The Call Most Often, or Most Egregiously, Missed

[cmathews]

The difference is the defensive player is not concentrating on the ball or shooting or catching, his primary focus can be his coming to the ground. When a shooter or other offensive player is jumping they are concentrating on something other than the floor, so moving in under them can cause a serious safety risk, that isn't necessarily inherent with a defensive player, since when they are jumping they are most likely jumping towards the person who may or may not move under them, they can defend themselves and often do. How often do you see the defensive player leave the ground see that they are coming down on the offensive player and put their hands on the offensive players back or whatever to break their fall.....now how often do you see this when it is the offensive player in the air, not nearly as often, the reason, the offensive player isn't concentrating on where they are coming down...thus the protection for the offensive player.