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Originally posted by cmathews
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
Taking the rules literally, this would be a violation. However, like so many other rules, it's not called literally. In practice, hitting the rim is sufficient.
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what rule would you take literally to mean that this would be a violation....not only would I never call this a violation, I don't see anything that even remotely supports it...
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9-1-3 He/she shall throw within 10 seconds, and in such a way that the ball enters the basket or
touches the ring before the free throw ends.
4-40-3 The free throw ends when ..when it is certain the try will not be successful....
If taken literally, the FT
could end and be a violation if the referee could tell it wasn't going to be sucessful prior to it hitting the rim.
However, as I said earier, this is not how it is applied. Hits the rim = legal FT attempt.