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Old Wed Mar 11, 2009, 04:23pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally Posted by tcison View Post
So with that definition, and I know this sounds silly, but that would mean a player could keep batting the ball around the floor, rather than dribbling, as long as they never grasp the ball or push it to the floor to start a dribble?
As BadNewsRef said, yes, he could. Is it realistic? No.

A player could also tap a rebound and continue tapping it all the way down the floor. Is it realistic that that could happen? No,

Player control is not established until the player is holding or dribbling the ball.
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