🏀 Block or charging foul?

[RTB X Bot]

 

[Justneedme81]

Blocking all the way. He never got set.

 

[PurlJam]

Depends on who's on defense. If it's us on "D", it's a block, if it's Duke, it's a charge. Vice versa if we're both on offense.

 

[UAgrad93]

Charge all day long!

 

[TerryP]

Blocking all the way. He never got set.

In 2013 they changed the rules defining blocks and charging. And again in the '23-'24 season they decided to redefine what it is again. The language is a little murky, at best. Notice the use of "position" and no references to "feet being set."

To me this reads like that was a charging foul. How many steps did he take before the last foot was "planted."

I'll have to pull the rule book for the exact quote. This is from the AP article discussing the changes:

A defender now must be in position at the time the offensive player plants a foot to go airborne for a shot. If the defender arrives after the player has planted, officials have been instructed to call a block when there’s contact. Secondary defenders also have to be outside the restricted arc to draw a charge.