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Old Sun Dec 06, 2009, 05:25pm
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I'm not from Missouri, but

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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
The infamous knee on the floor traveling rule is one of the most misunderstood rules in basketball. To start a dribble, the ball must be released before the pivot knee is lifted. On a pass or a shot, the pivot knee may be lifted, but may not return to the floor before the ball is released. A player in this situation may also pass, shoot, or request a timeout.
Show me. Show me where a "pivot knee" is described, mentioned, referenced, or defined in the rule book. It sounds suspiciously like the "pivot cheek" a coach tried to tell me about when his player landed on his cushion holding the ball.
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