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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by tjones1
Yes I knew where you were going. Just trying to do a little thinking out of the box! 
But my thought is, if the ball hits the backboard under the ring and somehow goes into the backcourt this would be a violation because the ball didn't have a chance to go in. Or.....am I doing too much thinking?
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You're doing too much thinking. If you judge it a try, it's a try, even if it doesn't have a chance to go in. It's similar to the "can a player rebound his / her own airball?" questions -- if it's a try, the player can get it, even if it was a really bad try and had no chance to enter the basket.
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And the only thing that I could add to that is just a personal thought. I've never been very good at reading minds. I'll usually give the ballplayer the benefit of the doubt in these situations if I'm not completely 100% sure. Jmo.