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Good lord, this thread is a cluster****.

Potato...I just want to point out that the answers you're going to be getting here mostly pertain to NFHS (National Federation of High School....aka high school) rules. That means that you will get an interpretation on say traveling that would make a play you see in an NBA game illegal, but perfectly legal in an NBA game (which will be the biggest confusion you'll see between the rule sets).

I will answer your NBA questions as there will be more than enough people that will be adequately be able to answer your questions using NFHS and/or NCAA rules. I saw one question talking about 5 second back to basket. You're confusing a closely guarded count with the NBA only 5 second back to basket violation.

Under NBA rules, an offensive player may not dribble with the ball below the free throw line extended with his back or side to his basket for longer than 5 seconds. It matters not how close or not the defense is. The 5 second count ends when the player ends his dribble, the player faces the basket, the player goes above the free throw line extended, or the defense deflects the ball away.