Re: Nelson, Cuban dislike charge line

"Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/basketball/7381306.htm
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> >> "If you don't have to have [the arc], it helps the game" he said. Not
> >> having the arc " promotes more aggressiveness, guys driving to the
> >> basket and reduces injuries. It forces guys to make basketball plays.
> >> It makes so much sense. It's not like stepping in front of someone
> >> just to take a charge. That's not a basketball play. It's just a
> >> turnover."
> >>
> >
> > I stand firmly with Bill Walton on this issue... as he disgustedly
> > watched Scottie Pippen run under a player to take a charge in last
> > year's playoffs, he wondered, "When did NBA players start running
> > under each other trying to take charges?  Get up in the air and block
> > a shot."
>
> what I hate is when a player runs up to another player who JUST got the
ball
> (and is facing the other way) and gets the other player called for an
> offensive foul. Usually this happens at half-court, and you know the play
> I'm talking about.
>
> The player recieving the ball does not have any time to even have the ball
> long enough to even gather himself to run into a player, let alone be
called
> for an offensive foul.

the rule book says that the defender must allow the offensive player enough
space to turn and take a step.  violating that is at his own risk, i.e. he
should be called for a foul if contact results in a collision or a would-be
turnover.

> But I can't expect the league to start calling shit by the books anymore,
so
> I've given up my main interest in the league itself.

actually, it's funny you mention that play becuase i've been seeing it
"called by the book" a lot more this year, the refs must be watching for it.

to me, it's real simple how to "clean up" defenders--start making better
calls with regard to offensive fouls.  the rules are fine, it's how the
rules are being interpreted that's making things sticky.  granted, NBA refs
have the hardest officiating job in all of sports, so that's not an easy
thing to do, but it is something they can concentrate on.

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