Thread: What's the rule???
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Old Fri Mar 31, 2006, 01:15pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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The case book says that you can't gain possession while on the floor, place the ball on the floor, get up and then regain possession.

It's perfectly legal to begin a dribble, just as long as you don't lift your pivot knee before releasing the ball.
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