[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by jay santos

The worst call in basketball is the call where a player fakes the shot, the defender jumps straight up, the shooter leans into him, draws contact, and shoots. THIS IS NOT A FOUL. A defender is allowed to jump straight up and the player who initiates contact should be called for a foul.

I like the call last night.

Defender jumps in, shooter leans in, no foul.
Defender jumps straight up, shooter leans in, charge.
Defender jumps in, shooter jumps straight up, defender's jump creates contact, foul on defender.

You can hardly claim that the defender jumped straight up last night. He was running at full sprint to block the shot and took an angle that threw him into the shooter. It was a very obvious foul.