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Old Mon Feb 02, 2009, 05:54pm
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
Mark, I agree with your conclusion, but I disagree with this portion. A player does not need to hold the ball before he can start dribbling. Imagine this scenario where, instead of grabbing it after he slaps it, he keeps slapping it towards the floor. That's a dribble, but he never held it (this happens all the time.)

So, the question is, at what point do you consider a player to have established control by dribbling even though he never held the ball?


Snaqs:

One obvious situation is when the player's hands are so big the basketball looks like a tennis ball in his hands, . But I understand, what you are saying. I am speaking in general terms. The situations about which you are attempting to describe are the HTBT type and that is why we are paid the big bucks ($'s) to make those decisions.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. What Tony just said before me.
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Last edited by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.; Mon Feb 02, 2009 at 05:55pm. Reason: Added P.S.
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