Thu Dec 22, 2005, 05:32pm
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by rainmaker
The question is whether the basket will affect a shot -- whether the basket is in such a circumstance that it prevents the ball from going "in". I've never seen this, although I suppose it could happen. Usually, the net is just lying on top of the ring, and at the first jiggle, it falls down. I've never seen a ball be deflected out of the basket by the net being hung up. If the net were snagged on one of the hooks, it would make sense to undo it. But if it's just flipped up, and it keeps doing it, and it never affects the shots, I'm not going to fix it. Too annoying.
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A net laying freely across the rim could and does affect every shot that comes into contact with it. The trajectory of a bounce is altered by the presence of the net. The path of a ball rolling around the rim is altered as well. Whether it changes any particular shot from a make to a miss (or vice versa) will never be known but why let it become a potential issue. If a game winning shot is rolling around the rim such that it looks like it'll go in but hits the net and then misses, it's going to be a absolutle mess when you could have fixed it on the previous trip down the floor. If this happens, you're probably going to have one more call to make in that game(and it starts with a T).
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I've never seen a net laying freely across the rim that didn't fall down at the first jostle. When that becomes an issue, I"ll follow your suggestion.
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That very first contact may be the one that is altered by the presence of the net. Even if it does return to its normal position on that contact, is it fair that the team may miss the shot because of the net being out of place?
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