Thread: Backboard slap
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Old Sun Mar 26, 2006, 06:42pm
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
I think in this play the Memphis player didn't hang on the rim. He elevated very high, dunked very hard and was high enough that he then tapped both sides of the backboard on the way down. I don't remember the Villanueva and Brand plays but I'm willing to wager that they did chin-ups prior to tapping the backboards or smacked as opposed to tapping the backboard. JMO.
Whether they hang on the rim or not shouldn't forgive a slap on the backboard.
Some plays we see in the NCAA could make moving up - if that is what you want to do - a tough nut to crack. "sigh" I guess we have to remember "do as I say, not as I do" and call these plays.
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