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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 921167, member: 2265"]
Lot of different things in your post. What the offensive player could have or should have done might be an interesting thread but, of course, it has nothing to do with the actual call.

The call was not a question of charge or block as neither occurred. The issue was one of contact while shooting - a different foul/no foul call altogether. If the contact was incidental there was no foul and I believe that was the case here.

Offense and defense don't have rights  - they have space that belongs to them and routes while moving that cannot be blocked improperly. The issue of verticality is a function of the defensive players right to his own space extending from his feet straight up his body to the sky. If his arms are fully extended straight up they are in his space.

To legally own that space under the current rule the defensive player is not permitted to move into the path of an offensive player once he has started his upward motion with the ball to attempt a field goal or pass. If the defensive player is not in legal guarding position by that time, it is a blocking foul. Prior to this year's rule change, a defender had to be in legal guarding position when the offensive player lifted off the floor. That is the rule.
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