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Truly, this is not well explained in the case book. As you have said it is explicitly stated that a player with the ball on the floor may not get up or attempt to get up. However, the traveling rule is based on foot movement. No where does it say that this rule is not in effect for a player who is on the floor. It is likely that the restriction about not getting up is intended to be in addition to the normal traveling rule, not to replace it. I believe that if you go strictly by the book, your play would be a travel if the player moves his feet in any way other than is allowed by this rule. Of course, 99.9% of officials are not going to make this call. So it is probably only important for a written exam.
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