[sniperParticipant]

of free throws. I never used to feel this way but I’m now of the opinion that incidental contact on a shooter’s follow-through should not be a foul. If the defender actually collides, body to body, into the shooter after the shot, call a foul. If the defender slides up under the shooter’s landing zone, that should always be a flagrant. But stop with calling fouls when the defender just grazes the shooter’s hand or wrist on the follow-through. That contact in no way affected the shot or prevented the player from doing anything after the shot.
Agree or disagree?

[hoopscopParticipant]

Oh man, maybe you should comment about something you know anything. Without the clean follow-through you are shooting blanks. Anyway players would getting into fights because it‘s absolutely dirty and efficient.

[sniperParticipant]

If the ball is already in the air, contact on the follow-through cannot affect it. I’m pretty sure that’s one of Einstein’s Laws.

The defender being close enough to create incidental contact after the shot can affect the shooter mentally, of course. But so what. That shouldn’t bother good shooters. The fact that this kind of contact occurs on so many made jumpers proves my point.

I played pick-up ball for years and years and that kind of contact post-shot was more common than not. Hell it was common in the NBA until several years ago.

[canadabasketballisrisingParticipant]

It’s one of the main reasons USA despite having much more talent on paper has a hard time in FIBA basketball (and chemistry). NBA players, especially superstars are used to calls that are geared towards entertainment and not real basketball. Harden’s step back is a travel in real basketball. Slight touches are not actually fouls; FIBA isnt much more physical, it’s actual basketball reffed opposed to superstars getting calls for who they are….

[OhCanada-Participant]

They also struggle because their contracts are worth $200 million and their shoe deals are worth just as much and they have no insurance if they get injured playing FIBA basketball so they coast and hope its enough.

[canadabasketballisrisingParticipant]

I would say that might be a small factor- but every medal game ive seen Kobe, Lebron, Carmelo, Wade were trying 100% as a playoff game against spain, australia, france, ect…. effort is not the issue, it’s being used to superstar bullshit calls that they don’t get in FIBA.

[Pro 1Participant]

Disagree…it’s a foul.

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