UNC/Duke (Video)

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I asked for opinions based on the dangerous aspect of the play. I was not advocating a block or charge call. BTW... the shooter was just shooting, how did he "create" the situation? Should shooting while moving forward be deemed illegal?



Sounds to me the defender leaning forward is not illegal for moving closer to the shooter, but is illegal for moving out of his verticality... the same no matter which direction he leaned. If I call a defender for a "hacking" foul for having his hands/arms up and out, instead of straight up, it's not because he moved towards the shooter, it's because his arms were not vertical.

The point I was making, and what has been skipped here, is that it's a dangerous play and something should be done to discourage it. The shooter did not create the dangerous part of the play, the defender did... hence the blocking call.

The shooter is going someplace he shouldn't -- he's going into a spot occupied by a defender. So we're going to bail him out with a foul.

Look, I'll call whatever any supervisor tells me to call -- I'm not precious over that kind of thing. But this is a ridiculous line of thinking.