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Originally posted by Zebra1
I was wondering if that could be illegal. If a player in the backcourt pick his dribble up, throws the ball off of the opponents backboard to "start another dribble", as soon as the ball hits the backboard it is illegal. Could that be applied here as not a shot, thinking the same principal as stated above. Just another look at it. Curious as to what others think.
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I think this is legal off the offensive backboard. And a nit: it is not illegal when it hits the backboard, but when it is touched again creating the double dribble; if the former dribbler does not toucht it after it hits the BB, than it's a nothing -- just as if a dribbler starts to double dribble by bouncing the ball, realizes what he did, and waits for a teammate to pick up the ball.