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Old Thu Jul 02, 2009, 10:35am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells View Post
Well, I think "on a drive to the basket" is clearly the intent of the rule, otherwise all a dribbler would have to do to end the count would be start heading towards the division line.

If I'm defending a dribbler, and he's heading towards a sideline or the division line, I'm likely to let him and just shadow him that direction.
While that may be the primary intent, I don't think it is the only intent.
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