What Am I Missing Here ???

[bob jenkins]

I'm very hard pressed to see how intentionally hopping (more than, say, 1or 2 hops to change directions or avoid stepping OOB) could be used for an advantage.

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I'm very hard pressed to see how intentionally hopping (more than, say, 1or 2 hops to change directions or avoid stepping OOB) could be used for an advantage.

Well any scenario that involved hopping would be unlikely, but lets say dribbler A1 twists an ankle as he approaches the division line and continues to dribble into the front court while hopping. The defensive pressure forces him back into the backcourt where he picks up his dribble and calls timeout.

I think this would be an advantage not intended by rule.

[deecee]

I will apply common sense if this ever happens.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by deecee

I will apply common sense if this ever happens.

Isn't calling the game according to the rules the common sense thing to do for an official?

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Isn't calling the game according to the rules the common sense thing to do for an official?

In absurd cases like this I'll go with the intent of the rule. No need to complicate my life.

Surprised no one has thrown out the what if a player with one leg is dribbling the ball up...

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

In absurd cases like this I'll go with the intent of the rule. No need to complicate my life.

Surprised no one has thrown out the what if a player with one leg is dribbling the ball up...

I consider his 2nd hop his 2nd leg crossing over.

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by deecee

In absurd cases like this I'll go with the intent of the rule. No need to complicate my life.

Surprised no one has thrown out the what if a player with one leg is dribbling the ball up...

This situation might be absurd, but it is not complicated. What would make your life, and those of the people misfortunate enough to work with you, complicated is when you start doing what you think is the intent of the rule, rather than doing what is written in the rule.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by johnny d

This situation might be absurd, but it is not complicated. What would make your life, and those of the people misfortunate enough to work with you, complicated is when you start doing what you think is the intent of the rule, rather than doing what is written in the rule.

Do really believe that?

You and I both know that we call a lot of things by the intent of the rule rather than what is written in a lot of cases. 3 seconds is a common example. Multiple fouls are another.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by johnny d

This situation might be absurd, but it is not complicated. What would make your life, and those of the people misfortunate enough to work with you, complicated is when you start doing what you think is the intent of the rule, rather than doing what is written in the rule.

You officiate how you do and I will do how I do, and am taught by my assignors, from the HS to the D3 and JUCO level.

If you think that basketball is a 100% rule book officiated game then I can't imagine where you are working, because on the east and west coast, where I have officiated, it is not.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by HokiePaul

Well any scenario that involved hopping would be unlikely, but lets say dribbler A1 twists an ankle as he approaches the division line and continues to dribble into the front court while hopping. The defensive pressure forces him back into the backcourt where he picks up his dribble and calls timeout.

I think this would be an advantage not intended by rule.

If such dribbler is capable of doing that while under defensive pressure, all without losing the ball, I think he/she deserves to be awarded that timeout.