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Let's not confuse each other
I don't understand why some of you think that A/D is not applicable, or even not applied, to violations.
I would make an estimate that about 25% (that's one out of every four for the math challenged) of players that receive a pass move or change their pivot foot as part of receiving that pass. Again and again and again... and it is very, very rarely called. The player receives the pass and doesn't move from the general location but commits a violation. He has not gained any advantage or created a disadvantage for the opponents - NO CALL IS MADE and rightly so.
The same is true for the three second violation. I can spend an entire game telling people to get out of the key and counting to 3. I found that as a consequence of doing that, I rarely make any off-ball calls. I also don't make many 3-second calls because I'm trying to talk the players out of the key and trying to avoid that game interrupting call. But the big point is that I lose focus on the important things - the off-ball screens, holds, pushes. These are the things that need to be watched for and called. Those calls make the game go smoother. Now, I try my best to not get sucked into the coach's endless whining and pleading for the 3-second call.
I call the 3-second call based upon advantage/disadvantage.
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"There are no superstar calls. We don't root for certain teams. We don't cheat. But sometimes we just miss calls." - Joe Crawford
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