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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
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Originally posted by Schmidt MJ
Okay, I'm going to take a stab at this one. First, a free throw begins when the ball is bounced to the free thrower. Second, the free throw ends when a)the throw is successful, b)the throw is obviously unsuccessful, or
c) the ball becomes dead by rule. In this case, since the ball was not in the air yet, the ball became dead by rule when the official blew the inadvertent whistle for the lane violation.
Since the free throw began legally and ended legally without being "successful",
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In c) you say "dead by rule" then you use the word "successful".
You can't have it both ways. the FT can't be unsuccessful if you don't even shoot it. This is important because the case play says " FT attempt by A1 is unsuccessful.
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Bart,if the freethrow shooter or a team-mate is called for a violation before the FT is attempted,you have an unsuccessful FT that was never shot.It was unsucessful because the official blew his whistle for the violation before the shot.That's backed up by the rules that I quoted before.In this case,it is unsucessful because of the inadvertant whistle for the B violation.Same concept--same rules apply.Same problem is still there,too.How many replacement shots do we give for the B violation yet to be penalized?MTDSr is 100% sure he's right.I'm not blessed with the same confidence(that's nothing new with some of the FED terminology),but obviously I think he may be wrong.The good thing about this thread is that I really CAN'T lose.If I'm right,I KNOW how to handle it properly if it comes up.If I'm wrong,I've LEARNED how to handle it properly if it comes up.No matter what,I come out ahead.
