In this vid h clearly is not set and is falling backwards before the defender even gets there....now anyone who knows me knows I love a good charge taken but this is a cheap shot and for all those guys who give up their body and take a good hard charge to the chest ......well this is another cheap move that lessens the chance of a real charge taken getting called. Should have been a block if anything was called at all. 

In a frame by frame the defender is at the lane line and Baders left foot is still in the air. He slides in and barely gets his foot down before the contact. The defender is leaning into the run, Bader never gets straightened and in postion (he is still leaning back)  before he starts falling . If the defender was on offense this year, that,, under the new rules would have clearly been a called block. 

Good for coach and good for them for the inventive strategy. Good for Bader for getting it sold...bad for refs and hoops that the ploy did not get past an overzealous whistle blower. Still a little Beotch. *IMHO*. Gives more fodder for those folks who want the Charge rule abolished.
 

695 ....make sure you use this one too.... loved it when I saw it....inbounder gets the ball back and goes full length. We always hear talking heads saying "you have to make them catch the ball coming back". That's fine ....but do not sleep on the really fast guard inbounding the ball. Defender on the big should have stepped over and taken the charge LOL



I laughed about the charge circle being there as I suspect some ref would actually use that to justify a block instead of just ignoring it this situation 

To be honest, kampe gets his way a lot. I saw folks talking about how much rope Hurley gets but Kampe makes his own breaks. I have friends that woudl have winked and said..."OK coach..IF he is set and IF he gets run over fine but I am gonna call a block if I see it" Got to wonder what Von Sossan or Boroski would have done. 

This is not the first time Oakland has used that particular play. Kampe did it against Oral Roberts while the Golden Grizzlies were in the Summit League. Both times Kampe took the time to warn the referees ahead of time what he was planning. "I go, 'You got to call it now if he runs him over,'" Kampe told reporters after the game. "He goes, 'If he runs him over, Bader goes down and he goes down on top of him, I'll call it.'"

 

 

Nice.  Thanks for posting link.  I think the shot went in because OUr Big John had the correct leg kick english from the bench!