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Originally posted by JRutledge
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You are talking about Team Control, I am talking about the application of the 3 second rule. It clearly says to give allowances for a try for goal as well as a dribble.
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The two things are related in this case. The 3 second count ends when team control ends. Agreed? The allowance you refer to in 9-7-3 states: Allowance shall be made for
a player who, having been in the restricted area for less than three seconds, dribbles in or moves immediately to try for goal. My interpretation here is that this refers to a player in the lane with the ball. Also, if I am watching a player in the lane and the ball is on the opposite side of the court, I probably will not know if that player is about to shoot or not.
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And since 9-7 is the only place I am aware of that goes into detail about the rule, nothing is stated about a release. Nothing in the Casebook talks about release either.
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The word release is not used, but in the definition of control it says team control ends when the ball is "in flight" which in my mind is the same as when it is released.