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Originally Posted by johnsonboys03
Ok so I'm pretty sure I have this rule correct but wanted to throw it out there and be sure. If a A player enters the paint and receives the ball right before the three count, he can remain in there as long as he eventually shoots the ball...correct? It becomes 3 seconds when he passes the ball in this scenario?
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Check the rulebook. There is language about "allowances" for someone who is in the paint for less than three seconds and then receives the ball, if he is making moves to shoot. I don't read that as several seconds, but more like maybe a second or a second and a half at the most. For me, it wouldn't include more than maybe a step, maybe a dribble or two at the most. A dribbling pivot and then shot...
I think the best thing to do is to see how it's done in your area. My experience is that different assignors and rules interpreters have widely different views of how this ought to be called, and you should conform to how it's done in your area.