NBA refs shut down Reddit idea that Warriors surround Curry on offense
It's pure genius, but it would never work.
Reddit user and true visionary Danmaker99 recently asked why the NBA champion Golden State Warriors don't just lock arms and form a circle around Stephen Curry - a career 43.6 percent 3-point shooter - on offense so that he can consistently have open looks at the basket.
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— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 11, 2018
His post soon went viral, with many praising its logic and the ingenuity behind the defensive circle.
As it turns out, though, having four players surrounding and moving with a ball-handler would present some problems during an actual game, as the official NBA Referees Twitter account pointed out on Tuesday night.
Here we go... The defender has the right to be between his opponent and the basket. The other players around Curry would inevitably have to move to stay with him, and would be committing an illegal screen as soon as they made contact with a defender. cc @PabloTorre @pardisparker https://t.co/Qt6NhYUaVz
— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) June 13, 2018
Gosh darn it.