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Originally posted by Junker
Here's why I say ignore it. First off, we don't know that it was all that obvious. Did the player literally grab the rim and yank, or get a couple of fingers on it and snap the rim a little? One official passed on it, the other official is on the other side of the court. By rule, there are a number of technicals we can call all the time. We have players flopping and coaches complaining almost nightly and we don not enforce the rule to the letter. We use some management skills and talk to the coaches and players. Yeah, if the kid is grabbing the rim with 2 hands and yanking hard or hanging on the rim, you go get it, but in the post it didn't sound that severe. That's why I said talk to the kid and move on. As we say in a number of posts, you have to be there to see it. On another note, I would never discuss a rule with a partner with coaches involved. It is not going to help you as a crew for the night.
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An official saw it. End of story. That's one call that should
never be ignored. Management skills have nothing at all to do with this particular situation. It is NOT and never has been a judgement call. It is NOT and never has had anything to do with advantage/disadvantage either.
Junker, nothing personal, but you can make up reasons from here to next year on why you shouldn't call this particular play and I'll still disagree with you. This one is simply an absolute no-brainer imo. We just disagree.
Btw, if you thought it didn't meet the definition of a "dunk", then what can you possibly go and say to that player anyway? "That wasn't a dunk so don't do it again"?