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Originally Posted by Rob1968
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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It was neither. He jumped towards the rim, and could have landed just fine. I will add, after halftime as I was about to inbound the ball to his team, he was the inbounder. He apologized and said he is just very afraid of injuring himself. If he didn't grab the rim he would have landed just fine as there was no one near the area under the basket. If I thought for a minute this was to prevent an actual injury I would have, but usually dunkers dont just grasp the ring and let go. They will at least hang there for a second or two.