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Old Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:57am
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
College fraternities successfully removed this phrase from their vocabulary a long time ago.
Must every thread include a lame joke from you?

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Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
We really need to get the phrase "controlled tap" out of our vocabulary. So many people, including officials, use this phrase, but there's no such thing in basketball. The only way to control the ball, by rule, is to HOLD or DRIBBLE a live ball. That's it. That's the list.

If we just forget about a "controlled tap" and ask whether the ball was held or dribbled, we'll be a lot better off.
We try, Scrapper. But two or three times a year, somebody still posts this question.

Why? I don't know.
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