Oh no, I’ve watched him, and you are correct that traveling was not called on star players then, and still isn’t. However, I do strongly disagree with different rules for different players, and for throwing away certain rules when it is convenient.

I hate to be “that guy,” but..... someone forgot to blow his whistle and make the little “you took too many steps” sign on that play. Impressive athlete, absolutely no doubt about that, but it would have been a bit more impressive if it was actually a legal play.

Ha! Good thing the NCAA hasn’t implemented the NBA’s flop fine!

Ah, ok, I understand your point. Personally, I agree that there should be a high school restricted area (as well as a high school shot clock and defensive three or five seconds in the lane). However, the argument against has consistently been that there are not enough quality officials at the high school level for the…

How would it be a bail out though? The player is counting on the ref to do his job, which the ref didn’t. The player knows that “if I do ‘X,’ the rules say that it will be a charging call and my team will get the ball without the other team scoring.” How is that any different that knowing “if I steal the ball, my team…

The defensive player is standing in a spot that the rules very specifically say he has legally obtained and is legally entitled to continue occupying. How is he the one causing the collision? The offensive player sees defenders in front of him, and could very easily have pulled up for a jump shot a la the style of…

In reality, the block/charge is one of the easiest calls to make in basketball at the high school level. Here, legal guarding position was established prior to the offensive player becoming an airborne shooter = charge.

Nope, no high school restricted zone.

Players are allowed to jump to defend their own vertical airspace under current, existing rules. The problems are that: 1) officials very frequently call the play incorrectly; and 2) the players don’t actually stay vertical and get swipe happy at the ball, thereby breaking their vertical plane and losing the…

You are absolutely right, by rule this is a charge. It appears that the official kicked it rather badly.

That’s a sarcastic joke making fun of the official so insanely kicking this call, right??

Isn’t a crucial part of playing defense the act of legally obstructing the offensive player’s path to the basket so as to inhibit the offensive player’s ability to score? Seems like the defender did his job perfectly here, sacrificing his personal comfort in the process, and should have been (but was not) awarded the…

Should have been, without a doubt and an absolutely textbook call, but was instead called a block.

Shooting motion is irrelevant to a charge/block call in high school, the only factors are legal guarding position and whether the shooter has left the floor (airborne) or not.

I am, indeed.

I disagree; I do not believe that any of the available angles show that because the ball is completely obscured behind Wall’s back when his right foot is on the floor. However, I also understand that we will not agree on this because we are seeing and interpreting the video differently.

I absolutely agree, he touched the ball with both hands, that’s why I included that provision of the rule. But, that touch came with both feet off the floor as Wall passed by the left side of the defender. Therefore, Wall is entitled to establish a pivot foot, lift the pivot foot, land his non-pivot foot, and then…

In nine years of basketball officiating, and reading several rule books including the current NBA rule book, I have never come across the phrase “gave up the dribble.” What is the definition of that phrase within the confines of the written rules?

The “gather step” does not appear to be codified in the NBA rules anymore. Instead, the dribble ends (in one instance) when the player controls the ball, and then the traveling rules come into effect once the dribble has ended.

There is also an impressive amount of body control as he keeps both feet of the floor during the behind the back transition so that this can be a legal play.