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Hi Guys,
When I played basketball in HS and college I was taught that if you got into trouble inbounding the ball that you could hold the ball out in front of you, inbounds, and that if the defensive player touched the ball or attempted to take it from you it was a technical foul. Now I played organized BBall 12-15 years ago so maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly.
Tonight in my rec league game that uses NBA rules, I attempted this with the score tied and 15 seconds left. The defensive player took the ball from me and scored. I claimed it was a technical and the ref said the ball was in play once it crossed the baseline.
I've searched the nba rule book on nba.com and can't find anything on this. I've searched some other sites and no luck. It seems to me that since I was out of bounds and still holding the ball, regardless of if it cross the plane or not the ball is not yet in play.
I did read where the inbound passer cannot hand the ball to an offensive player. Based on this same logic, at a minimum should my team have been rewarded teh ball again and at a maximum a technical foul?
I'd love a link, my teammates are asking me why I tried it anyway in that situation! My thought was with 15 seconds left if we get the technical they now HAVE TO foul us or we can just dribble out the clock.
Thanks! Again - NBA rules in a rec league.
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