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Old Sat Feb 01, 2014, 12:52pm
Rob1968 Rob1968 is offline
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
That was a part of the rule about twenty-five years ago. No longer. Now it's just to protect himself, even if nobody is under him.

"A player shall not: Grasp either basket at any time during the game except to prevent injury."
10-3-3 "A player shall not: . . . Grasp either basket at any time during the game except to prevent injury, . . ."

As I recall, the older wording included ". . .(to prevent injury) . . . to himself or another player." In the OP, neither possibility seems imminent. But, it's a HTBT, for sure.
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