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Originally Posted by RookieDude
Exactly...had a player driving the lane, in a game last week, the player dribbled then picked up the ball and got fouled before he could shoot.
I was T and had followed the dribbler, from my area, all the way. I called the foul and said 2 shots. As I was reporting the Coach said "That wasn't a shooting foul". I said, "Then why did he pick up the ball on the drive?"
The Coach said, "Maybe he was going to pass it."
...and that's why we get the big bucks.  |
Perhaps the coach was right. How do you know that he wasn't? From your post, I see nothing to indicate that the player had begun the act of shooting.
Ending a dribble does not constitute the start of the habitual throwing motion.