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Old Thu May 08, 2014, 02:02am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Mregor View Post
Most likely, but the big point I think is that under old rule of waiting until it hit, if you went even a little early, it was a big advantage. Now if you go a little early, it's not as much of an advantage because the time it takes for the ball to get to the rim.
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So now that it's the release, even if that offensive player leaves a split second early, the ball hasn't even got there yet so not as much as an advantage. Of course, I could just be crazy and 100% wrong, but that's the way I see it.
You make a great point. I hadn't considered that element....that it, to a large degree, neutralizes the advantage of being a split second early.
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