Offensive Leg Kick Out on 3pt Shot

[rekent]

Originally Posted by Freddy

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That's what my feeling was as well, just wanted more experienced input.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You need to ask the official that made the call. No one here is going to know for sure why anyone makes a call unless you ask them. I also did not see the play, and even if I did I would have the same answer. Maybe the official felt the defender did more than run into the leg?

Point taken, but change it from a play seen to strictly being based on the now hypothetical scenario as written, should that be a defensive foul?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by rekent

...more experienced input.

Don't take my response as from one that fulfills that criteria. I just happened to be the one who had time to answer most quickly. Responses from those from whom your really need to hear have or will most assuredly follow mine.

I got guff from the coach when I banged the shooter for an offensive foul on a play similar to what you have described. But I'm confident the illegal contact was caused not by the defense. The shooter "hindered an opponent from performing normal defensive...movements" (4-19-1), i.e., running in front of a guy whose leg was sticking out there at a 90 degree angle from his body. That seems to fit 10-6-1, "...by bending his/her body into other than a normal position".