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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 921100, member: 906"] [B]Dissagree with Rak having to establish position BIGTIME...... Ok, ask yourself this then!!![/B] What if Hood put the ball behind his head, initiated body contact and then threw the ball up at a rediculus 30 foot heave with no chance of going in. Also consider Raks arms had the ball stuffed in every direction, yet he still didn't reach at the ball but kept them straight up. [B]Rak had every ainverted layup attempt on that play covered because his hands were at the apex of the ball in every direction. I think that should play a huge part into every block call[/B].[B] Even more then contact when your hands are straight up and your not jumping into the player.[/B] Also consider Rak wasn't dead set in the middle in a charge position and in a weakside shotblocking position instead, because he was extended to help guard the perimeter against a duke team that was 15/35 from 3????? [U][B]That was what was best for Syracuse and weakside shotblocking will be in the future so carefull what you accept as a foul. [/B][/U] Its important to understand in basketball offense is opportunity where as defense is a legal right. You have the right to try to protect your basket, thats what shotblock is. But, you don't have the right to cut off a route to the basket with a moving blocking foul. That is protecting a route to the basket not the rim. [U]Thats why there is weakside shotblocking but not weakside charges.[/U] It was clearly a risky play by Hood and he went for it. He didn't have to jump and attempt that play as he knew Rak was there. He could have took another dribble and tried to attack the weakside of the rim or passed it back out, instead he went for it challenging Rak and lost. [B]I also highly dissagree there wasn't contact before the block as well. I felt Clearly Hoods elbow was in front of the ball, raks hands and elbows were straight up, and solomon caused a bumped elbow because the ball was behind his elbow. [/B]However, as stated above Rak had the ball smothered in every inverted direction whether the elbow bump was a slight second before the block or not. Also, the way Raks arm was facing it was impossible for him to bend his arm forward. He blocked that with the back of his hand, and its physically impossible for him to bend his elbow that way. [/QUOTE]

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