Sun Jan 08, 2006, 05:14pm
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by refTN
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by refTN
Tomegun, I have said this somewhere else on the forum, but there is absolutely no difference in the ruling of a walk in the NBA all the way down to the NFHS ruling. In the rule book and officials' manual for the NBA it is just explained with better detail and easier to understand format.
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Sorry, you are incorrect. The NBA travel rule is certainly differernt than the NCAA and NFHS rule. There are moves in the NBA that are, by rule, legal that are a violation in other levels.
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Camron could you please give me an example because I know the NFHS, NCAA, and NBA rulings on traveling and I can't think of one that is legal in one area and not legal in the other.
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Example: Airborne player catches a pass/dribble and lands on the left foot followed by the right foot such that the two feet are side by side with neither in advance of the other. In NFHS and NCAA, the pivot foot, by definition is the first to land (left). If an NFHS or NCAA player lifts that left foot and returns it to the floor, it is traveling. In the NBA, the player has the choice of pivot...can lift either foot and return it to the floor (but once chosen, has to stick with the same pivot foot).
NBA rule 10 Section XIV
d. A player who comes to a stop on the count of two, with one foot in advance of the other, may pivot using only the rear foot as the pivot foot.
e. A player who comes to a stop on the count of two, with neither foot in advance of the other, may use either foot as the pivot foot.
Also, it doesn't appear to always be traveling to fall to the floor while holding the ball in the NBA.
h. A player who falls to the floor while holding the ball, or while coming to a stop, may not gain an advantage by sliding.
[Edited by Camron Rust on Jan 8th, 2006 at 04:14 AM]
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I wasn't even thinking about the falling down with the ball as part of it, but you are right about that one, but isn't the example you used where we bring into account the spirit and intent of the rule. if a kid lands with two feet one right after the other and not in advance of the other, why not just give him the benefit of the doubt and say he lands with two feet? That is what I was taught. Not to nit-pick.
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