Protecting The Shooter

[JugglingReferee]

I believe this type of foul needs to be treated as a Fed INT, or FIBA UNS foul.

I call it "the tag" and it was popular here for a bit because players (HS, college, club, etc) saw it in the NBA years ago. There's no need for it, and it did cause things to escalate.

Call it tight, and players will stop doing it. If and when it's egregious, call it as the Unsportsmanlike foul that it is. I suppose that if it's a rarity (such as it is now in my province), then a common foul may suffice.

In the two videos that APG posted, I'd like to think I'd call an UNS foul in the FIBA game, and a regular shooting foul in the NBA game.