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Originally Posted by PersiaFly
I understand the rule, I just don't get why we want to reward that sort of thing. As a defender, your job is prevent the person you're guarding from scoring. If you play defense well enough with your feet, the player won't have the space/opportunity to go up for the shot without getting blocked or at least being forced into a bad shot.Originally Posted by bjamez20
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it rewards the person who got to the position first. as a defender, you can't just hold your man there, so if you beat them to the spot and they run you over, you should be rewarded IMO
flopping and all that takes away from the game, but i think the NBA is supposed to call charges is good. it would benefit with instant replay for a season or 2 with fines for flopping.
Instead of rewarding good defense, charges actually reward bad defense. If you're defending LeBron on the perimeter for example, you might play him a little looser and let him go by you because you trust that Joakim Noah is under the basket waiting to take a charge. That's not really good defense to me.
Your explanation applies to a defender taking a charge from the man they're guarding, but most charges are taken by help defenders after the initial man has been beaten off the dribble.
its kind of a double edge sword when dealing with taking a charge, but i agree with both sides