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Originally Posted by BryanV21
What "reward"? You consider being able to grab the rim a reward?
Dunks are legal. Being able to make sure you don't get hurt is, and should be, legal. So what's the problem? Do you want to make it illegal for a player to dunk the ball while running?
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Originally Posted by Pantherdreams
What poor decision did he make? To dunk the ball hard? Ya he could have dropped it in, or laid it in, or not dunked at all. UNless he's choosing to do something illegal its not a poor choice. Would you not protect the jump shooter because they could have shot a set shot. Or not protect someone shooting a floater because they could have taken a pullup or power layup? Kids taking two wild steps to take an ill advised shot are still entitled to protection under the rules, or does bad footwork now equate no protection?
If kids can make choices about how they shoot the ball and the rules allow/expect them to be able to be protected and land safely . . . just because we don't like hard, showy dunks doesn't mean they get penalized.
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Agreed on both.
Luvhoops wrote what some of the other posts were dangerously alluding toward. Its ridiculous to suggest that we should penalize a player for legally protecting himself simply b/c of individual judgement that the dunk was "a poor decision" or "for show" or "unnecessary."
By rule, he legally dunked the ball and is legally allowed to protect himself. Individual opinions on how he chose to legally score the ball are completely irrelevant.