"Continuous" issues...

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Originally Posted by APG

I honestly don't see how anyone can have play 3 anything other than a shooting foul.

My thoughts exactly when reading through this thread. All 5 plays are not close IMO.

And play #3 is so clearly a shooting foul in my book that I'm shocked to see people sayings its even remotely close.

As for the talk of a patient whistle on #4 I think thats a misapplication of the philosophy. If you are going to be patient then don't penalize the offense by then deciding to put air in it once they are in their shooting motion.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I don't see why officials look for reasons to judge a foul as non-shooting. And it seems they always make a big production of it when selling the call. They have to sell the call so hard b/c they are trying to convince everyone.

As officials we need to pay attention to what's going on in the game. If it's the 4th quarter and the guy who has put up 25 shots already is going to the hole and gets bumped after gathering his dribble do we really think he was intending on passing the ball?

The "on the floor" officials treat the play as if it were the best call of the game.

+1