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Originally posted by Troward
not so much confusion as disbelief. Why do you reward the offense with a new 10 second count if the defense makes a good play in a deflection?
what if the count is at 9 and the offensive throws the ball off the defenders leg out of bounds? they would get a new 10 second count. But if the offense tries to pass it to a player in the front court and the count reaches 10 before the ball reaches a player in the front court it is a violation?
these two scenarios do not seem consistent to me.
GTW
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2 things: firstly the rule is the way the rule is, makes no
sense to debate it, unless you can find something in the
rules that makes it inconsistent. Obviously the NBA feels
differently about this for whatever reason. BTW, in the NBA
under some conditions the offense gets a free ride to
the 28-foot line in the frontcourt (happy now, mr know-it-all?
)after a basket by taking a time out. Fair?
Unfair? No, just the way the rules are written. Secondly,
under college rules and some locations HS rules the offense
still has the shot clock to contend with, which does not
get reset in these cases.
[Edited by Dan_ref on Nov 7th, 2002 at 10:11 AM]