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Originally Posted by Cobra
Sounding the whistle makes it seem as if dunking is fine before the game as long as the officials are not on the floor. Dunking is never an acceptable act.
There are many times during a game where a player will put his hands on an opponent or not allow him a space. The action could be legal or could be a foul depending on how it is done. The vast majority of the times that a player does these actions he is not trying to foul his opponent. He is attempting to play within the rules. It is a completely different situation than dunking before the game.
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ALL contact (or any other action), is acceptable until you blow the whistle. Nothing is a foul until an official blows the whistle and calls it a foul.
Same principle as the "pre-game dunk"....it's not a violation until it gets called.