I'm going to disagree with the crowd ok this one.

Defender has legal guarding position and moves laterally to maintain that position - and contact comes on the torso.

Dribbler was never airborne so the requirement to be set prior to the upward motion doesn't exist.

This looks player control to me.

I have a PC foul as well. The defender does not move towards the defender, he moves laterally.

And IMO, this is in transition, I have no problem with both officials have a crack on this. The C just has to be aware that someone else could have a whistle on this play.

Peace

I disagree with your assessment of the call, but (like you) I have no problem with the whistle from the C. I'd have a hard time NOT having a whistle as the C in this situation.

The problem is that the C and L both go right to a preliminary signal without even considering the other could have a whistle. The L doesn't even go up with a fist.

We can get away with that most of the time, but not all of the time.

I don't see what you guys see at all. I see the defender moving toward the offensive player the whole time, even right up until contact occurs. I hope we are watching the same video.

I also have the defender moving forward and contact from his left leg.

I do not have the defender moving forward, and I can't tell whether the contact is on the leg (block) or torso (charge).

Just doing my part to be sure we have all the possibilities covered.

At least we all agree that a "no-call" is not a valid choice.

I didn't really want to be the first one to say it (Thanks guys), but I thought PC as well. I think it would look like PC in real time.

That is why it is called judgment. I do not go looking for reasons to call fouls on the defender. He moves laterally IMO. The side view shows this the best. The end line view was not the best. And one of the reasons I feel the Lead should not be the "default" person to make these calls.

Peace

I do. It's called "refereeing the defense".

I know what it is called and I do not see the defender do anything but move laterally.

Peace

Ref the defense does not mean to look for reasons to call a foul on the defense.

Exactly!!!!

Peace

I'm guessing you really don't mean it this way.

So the side view which the C has shows the lateral movement better than Lead's view from the baseline? If that is true why did C have a block and Lead have a charge? In this situation it is obvious that any side-to-side movement is best seen from Lead, whereas C has the best look at the defender moving forward or backward.

And yeah, the refereeing the defense thing was a joke, lighten up guys :P

You need to ask the C personally why he called what he called. I just know when I see tape that official often call these plays incorrectly. Why is an individual thing. And often officials default to calling a block no matter what actually happens on the play.

If it is a block, what did the defender do wrong? I cannot think of anything that shows the defender was wrong in his movement.

Peace