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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
C'mon Woddy, you're better than that. 
An interrupted dribble occurs when the ball
a) is loose after deflecting off the dribbler
b) or after it momentarily gets away from the dribbler.
A dribble does NOT have to deflect off the dribbler to be an interrupted dribble.
Until another player gains control of the ball or the ball is dead, it continues to be an interrupted dribble and Team A continues to have team control. You know that. That's not even close to being a reasonable argument. |
Naw, I ain't better than that. I still don't think that you've got rules backing to make that illegal dribble call.
lI'll agree that there's still team control on the loose ball, but I contend that player control is also lost and a
new player control is established if the original dribbler gets the loose ball after it touches other players. Not the
same player control. I sureasheck also can't agree that that play meets the definition of an interrupted dribble. The definition of an interrupted dribble mentions it going off the dribbler
only or
momentarily getting away from the dribbler
only. You're trying to add other criteria to that definition. And what criteria? If it can go off one other player than the dribbler and still be an interrupted dribble, why can't it go off 9 other players and move 80' down court and still be an interrupted dribble? There's no rules language anywhere differentiating between the two situations, is there?
The problem with this play is that it's simply not covered definitively, rules-wise.
Btw, Woddy?
