Is this incredible Blake Griffin block legal?

[oarabbus]

http://giant.gfycat.com/ShockedSaneGoldfish.gif


The offensive player cant use the rim for assistance, but can a defensive player do it?

[noob cake]

Should be illegal.

You can't put your hands on the rim when the player on offense is about to shoot the ball. Imagine is Dwight decides to hang on the rim for defensive purposes.

[JohnFreeman]

Looks fairly illegal

[LoneyROY7]

Quite possibly the greatest block of all-time.

[Rake2204]

I believe that should have been illegal. However, the play happened so quickly and the rim contact was so brief, that I never noticed it on the first multiple views (before entering this thread to see the super up-close slow motion).

Here's what it looked like in real time, with some normal replays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAvWYmXJzqU

Now that I'm looking for it, I can see it on the regular views, but never crossed my mind before I saw this thread.

[Bless Mathews]

Definitely illegal.


Used the rim to gain an advantage.

Period.

Still fOnky as hell doe.

[LoneyROY7]

Blake becoming an elite defender right before our eyes. :applause:

[navy]

Quite possibly the greatest block of all-time.
This.

Hanging on the rim isnt illegal unless it stops the shot from going in.


Greatest block Ive ever seen.

[tgan3]

You had the 360 dunk, now you have the 360 block

[CavaliersFTW]

Goal-tending, if you grab on to the rim as a defensive player as a means to impede the shot of an offensive player it is goal tending, this is a clear rule violation there's no grey area about it. The refs must have just missed it.

[navy]

Goal-tending, if you grab on to the rim as a defensive player as a means to impede the shot of an offensive player it is goal tending, this is a clear rule violation there's no grey area about it. The refs must have just missed it.
He didnt get the shot up/above the rim. Not goal tending.

[Paul George 24]

Blake becoming an elite defender right before our eyes. :applause:
BLAOCK SHOT = ELITE DEFEDER :roll:

[LoneyROY7]

BLAOCK SHOT = ELITE DEFEDER :roll:

:cheers:

Blaock shots do indeed equal elite defeders. :applause:

[Alamо]

Is a gif that big legal?

[CavaliersFTW]

He didnt get the shot up/above the rim. Not goal tending.
Doesn't need to be, he was in a shot attempt whilst the rim was grabbed by the defensive player - that is an illegal type of interference under the category of goal tending.

[Paul George 24]

:cheers:

Blaock shots do indeed equal elite defeders. :applause:
It's like said Iverson is an elite defender :roll:

[Bless Mathews]

Doesn't need to be, he was in a shot attempt whilst the rim was grabbed by the defensive player - that is an illegal type of interference under the category of goal tending.


Stop.

You can't hang on the rim to use it as advantage.

What the fucc is wrong with you?





























Oh yea. You're an idiot wilt fan.

[Alamо]

It looks so much better in slow motion :lol

[LoneyROY7]

SHAWN BRADLEY MUST BE A GREAT DEFDER :roll:

I agree. Bradley is arguably the greatest defder of all-time.

[Paul George 24]

I agree. Bradley is arguably the greatest defder of all-time.

NICE JOKE :facepalm

[CavaliersFTW]

Buzzz buzz buzz
You got some bees up your ass bless?

[Paul George 24]

Shwan Bradley never made All NBA defensive Team :lol

[Siemens]

Imagine is Dwight decides to hang on the rim for defensive purposes.

I would be ok with it as long as the ball doesn't get to the rim, thus it would almost never be worth hanging on the rim.

[navy]

Doesn't need to be, he was in a shot attempt whilst the rim was grabbed by the defensive player - that is an illegal type of interference under the category of goal tending.
Looked to me like Blake let go just in time either way. Someone post the rule against it.

[Genaro]

Illegal. Great block anyway

[Rake2204]

Looked to me like Blake let go just in time either way. Someone post the rule against it.The thought process here would be using the rim as an aid, I believe. Regardless of when Griffin let go, if it could be deemed that he may have possibly gained an advantage from grabbing the rim (such as an extra millisecond of hang-time or a pivot point allowing him to spin around slightly quicker) then it would be an illegal maneuver.

To take it to the extreme, if Griffin had done a chin up on the rim then sprung himself very high in the air, all before a player attempted a shot - whether a shot were above the rim or not would not matter - it'd be an illegal maneuver nonetheless. The general concept is the same, just at different ends of the extreme.

In the case tonight, again, it all happened so quick in regular motion that it was just tough to tell what was happening. I think he may have gotten away with one.

[warriorfan]

basket interference

[navy]

The thought process here would be using the rim as an aid, I believe. Regardless of when Griffin let go, if it could be deemed that he may have possibly gained an advantage from grabbing the rim (such as an extra millisecond of hang-time or a pivot point allowing him to spin around slightly quicker) then it would be an illegal maneuver.

To take it to the extreme, if Griffin had done a chin up on the rim then sprung himself very high in the air, all before a player attempted a shot - whether a shot were above the rim or not would not matter - it'd be an illegal maneuver nonetheless. The general concept is the same, just at different ends of the extreme.

In the case tonight, again, it all happened so quick in regular motion that it was just tough to tell what was happening. I think he may have gotten away with one.
Where is the rule against it, not saying your wrong. :confusedshrug:

[Rake2204]

Where is the rule against it, not saying your wrong. :confusedshrug:I'll try to do a little digging. Hang on.

[ProfessorMurder]

Clearly illegal.

[oarabbus]

Shwan Bradley never made All NBA defensive Team :lol

"Shwan" :biggums:

[Rake2204]

Where is the rule against it, not saying your wrong. :confusedshrug:
Fouls and Penalties

Section IV—Basket Ring, Backboard or Support

a. An offensive player who deliberately hangs on his basket ring, net, backboard or support during the game shall be assessed a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and a $500 fine.

b. A defensive player who deliberately gains or maintains height or hangs on his opponent’s basket ring, net, backboard or support shall be assessed a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul. If he touches the ball during a field goal attempt, points shall be awarded consistent with the type of shot.

EXCEPTION: An offensive or defensive player may hang on the basket ring, backboard or support to prevent an injury to himself or another player, with no technical foul assessed.

c. Should a defensive player deliberately hang on the basket ring, net, backboard or support to successfully touch a ball which is in possession of an opponent, a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul shall be assessed.

[ImKobe]

holy shit, that's a legit 360 block

I have seen it all, folks. Let's go home.

[navy]

[QUOTE=Rake2204]

b. A defensive player who deliberately gains or maintains height or hangs on his opponent

[TheCalmInsanity]

I've been a Clippers fan since 99 and I hate when Blake grabs the net when he's making a good defensive play. He does it subconsciously sometimes and gets called for it a LOT, I don't know when he'll learn.

In this case it wasn't called and he didn't really hang on it so he would have blocked him either way- looked amazing and I'd rather just enjoy it than talk about if it's illegal or not.

[L8krH8tr]

cant use the rim for any sort of assistance in the rules. you should be able to though!

[bdreason]

As already mentioned it should have been a technical foul.

[fragokota]

Barely Legal III

[Doranku]

As already mentioned it should have been a technical foul.

Should've been a basket too from how the rule reads. "If he touches the ball during a field goal attempt, points shall be awarded consistent with the type of shot,"

Definitely touched the ball during a field goal attempt, lol