Originally Posted by Bucketnight
A full second doesn't sound like much time but at a sprint that's probably about 4 steps. Basically, the defender would have to establish position near the basket when the player with the ball was at about the 3 point line.
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Fair enough, maybe a little less than a second then, but this business of stepping right in front of the offensive player and drawing a charge is nonsense and needs to stop. It's ridiculous, it is not legitimate defense.
All of these plays happen very fast, I will leave it up to the judgment of the officials, but the definition of having position and being set needs to change.