Thu Nov 13, 2008, 06:39pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
It doesn't become a dribble until the player resecures the ball. It doesn't become a violation until that point.
If a player lifts his/her pivot and stands there for 5 seconds then dribbles you can't say the violation occurred 5 seconds ago when the pivot was lifted. It became a violation when he/she dribbled.
If a player tosses the ball in the air, runs, then catches it then they never relinquished player control; and they lifted and reset their pivot foot, so it's a travel to me. That's the spirit of the rule, at least IMO.
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Never relinquished player control? How sure are you about that one? 
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