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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by wwcfoa43
[Whether this is BI or not is another topic. (There is an exception to BI that dunking or stuffing does not qualify as BI. It is debateable whether hitting your own head would qualify for the exception or not. However, I do not think we should get off topic.)
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How is it debatable? It's BI to touch the ball while it's in or on the basket. The exception applies to the hand that carries the ball into the basket. The exception does not apply to the player's head.
Rip Hamilton's play was BI in the NBA, and would also be BI in NCAA/FED.
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True the exception rule is written using the word "hand". However, if taken literally, it would mean that a player who wraps the ball in their arm while dunking would be guilty of BI since the arm is not the hand.
The philosophy of the exception comes at the end with the words "Dunking or stuffing is legal and is not basket interference." Since these words are in there, it is clear that the intention of the exception should perhaps go beyond contact with the hand.
This means IMO that the exception does not cover interesting situations like the one of the head and so it would be an interesting debate to discuss the intention of the exception versus what happened.
One could argue that any contact with the body that is part of the dunk is allowable including hitting your own head.
One could also argue that the head was contacted after the ball entered and the basket and so it should be treated differently than contact before.
Of course if you respond to this with further arguments about it being BI then you will have to admit that it is debateable since you will be in fact debating it.