Miami Heat v. New York Knicks: LeBron Block Attempt and Foul

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

This is not incidental contact IMO.

Why not?

Block is made before any body contact occurs, so the body contact did not interfere with the shooter normal motions.

Body contact was not severe enough to displace the shooter or interfere with his coming back to the floor.

So why - in your opinion - is this not incidental contact? What makes it worthy of a foul?

[tref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So why - in your opinion - is this not incidental contact? What makes it worthy of a foul?

Some people reach the double bonus in each half of every game they work... It's true!!!

Mere contact is not a foul, sorting out the contact that makes a difference & passing on inconsequential contact can be a challenge though.

In my experiences the closer they get to the rim, more contact is certain to occur, but it doesn't mean its a foul.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

Some people reach the double bonus in each half of every game they work... It's true!!!

And some guys have near fights break out because they don't call anything short of a mugging. Neither of which is really relevant to this discussion, though.