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Originally posted by Mregor
I still disagree that it is an interrupted dribble. It does not fit the definition of an interrupted dribble. The player directed the ball to go a certain way. That is not an interrupted dribble.
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The ball momentarily gets away from the dribbler. By definition, that's an interrupted dribble. It makes no difference that he intentionally allowed the ball to get away. The rule does not require that the loss of control be accidental.
Further, there's no player control during an interrupted dribble. If it's not an interrupted dribble, then player control exists and you would have to rule a violation as soon as the dribbler touches OOB.
BTW, if that's what the IAABO interpreter wrote, he's dead wrong and he is NOT supported by rule.
And I, too, dropped REFEREE magazine because I got tired of sifting through all the errors.