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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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My thoughts on this begin with the requirement that the offense must not have control of the ball that is in the backcourt for more than 10 seconds. If the throw doesn't make it to the frontcourt in time it's pretty easy call (not necessarily called exactly at 10 in practice). Why didn't they get it there earlier? The defense probably prevented it. That is good defense.
What about when the defense tips the ball OOB? Is that really good defense? I would view good defense as stealing the ball or causing the offense to throw it OOB. Almost stealing the ball and tipping it OOB is almost good defense. The defense violated by knocking it out. Why limit the offense on the throwin due to the unsucessful defense.
These may or may not be the real reason for these rulings but are the way I view the situation.