oski003 said:
calumnus said:
sluggo said:
Not to mention that moving both feet to avoid the defender like Randle does is not good footwork but the definition of traveling. That and the euro stepping is driving me crazy.
Except the defender was behind him playing catch-up after letting him blow past him. Never reward bad basketball with a call and an offensive foul is one of the costliest you can call. Besides, the offensive player is looking at the court in front of him when he jumps. It is at worst a no call.
It doesn't matter if you are by somebody if you suddenly jump backward.
Suddenly jumping backward while shooting with a defender in front of you is a fadeaway jump shot.
My dad was a college All-American,, LA Times Coach of the Year and has published many books on basketball. He was also a PAC-8 ref and even in his 70s reffed in the EBAL and the OAL. His view of referring is it is the ref's job is to facilitate a good basketball game, not strictly enforce the rules. The charge/block call is the toughest. His rule is to reward the player who was playing good basketball and not reward a player playing bad basketball.
The question on the jump shot is:
1. Was the defender in good position? No. Even if he got his feet set, he was behind the play
2. Did the contact help the offensive player? No.
3. Did the contact hurt the offensive player? Not really.
4. Was there a risk of injury due to the contact? No.
5. Was there obvious intent to initiate contact? No.
It is just an obvious no call. Just let them keep playing.
