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Originally Posted by Eric72
It has been several years since the last time I watched a basketball game. James Harden was playing and he repeatedly did something I found quite irritating.
Harden would receive a pass and shoot a 3-pointer. When he did, his legs would "kick" out in front of him. If he happened to kick the defender, the ref would call a foul...on the defender.
So, wait. You can kick someone and they get hit with a foul? What kind of horse$#!t is this?
(cue the old-person-reminiscing music)
Back in my day, if you purposefully kicked a defender, you wouldn't get free throws. You'd get dropped. As in, the other team's biggest player would take a swing at you (with ill intent) and likely connect.
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That's now something that can be called as an offensive foul if it's ruled to not be part of the natural shooting motion. I think it was changed to be like that a few years ago.