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Can you box out after someone dribbles between your legs? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by LukeWendell@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I just saw a video of Wembanyama dribbling between Bullock Jr.’s legs, and I’m kind of curious as to why a defensive player doesn’t just box out in this situation? It seems like less of a struggle to just turn your body and box out the offensive player, claiming the ball is now loose, and I was wondering if there is some NBA rule prohibiting this.

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[–] koenigsaurus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What you’re describing is a blocking foul. A defender cannot possibly swing around quick enough to beat the ball handler to the spot to be in a legal position, and so it would be illegal contact impeding the ball handler.