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Old Mon Dec 28, 2015, 03:11pm
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Bobbling = No Travel

A few weeks ago, first half, A-1 passes to A-2, who is moving from the top of the key down the lane. A-2 never gets a decent hold of the pass, and bobbles it down the lane, until he controls it with both hands underneath the basket, and easily scores.

Coach B wants a travel. On my way back up the court, I said to him, "There was no control, coach. That was legal."

My question is this: Is the NBA rule any different? That is, is advantage of "moving" the ball via a bobble allowed to be taken into consideration to be ruled a travel in the NBA?

(Yeah, I know. Save the easy joke about non-existent travelling in the NBA.)
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Old Mon Dec 28, 2015, 03:54pm
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A few weeks ago, first half, A-1 passes to A-2, who is moving from the top of the key down the lane. A-2 never gets a decent hold of the pass, and bobbles it down the lane, until he controls it with both hands underneath the basket, and easily scores.

Coach B wants a travel. On my way back up the court, I said to him, "There was no control, coach. That was legal."

My question is this: Is the NBA rule any different? That is, is advantage of "moving" the ball via a bobble allowed to be taken into consideration to be ruled a travel in the NBA?

(Yeah, I know. Save the easy joke about non-existent travelling in the NBA.)
Same rule, but judgement is applied as to whether the player was not in control of the ball. If a player is doing that "on purpose", they have violated the rules.
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Old Mon Dec 28, 2015, 05:34pm
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Same rule, but judgement is applies as to whether the player was not in control of the ball. If a player is doing that "on purpose", they have violated the rules.
+1.

I've had a similar play to the OP before, and coach asked if a player did that all the way down the court, is it legal? I tell them no, that I would consider that control, but the bobbling in the lane lacked control in my judgement, therefore, no travel.
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If a player is doing that "on purpose", they have violated the rules.
Are you sure? Citations please.

Read through this (below). No 100% definite answers (some close to 100%), but a great discussion.

https://forum.officiating.com/basket...rect-call.html
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Are you sure? Citations please.

Read through this (below). No 100% definite answers (some close to 100%), but a great discussion.

https://forum.officiating.com/basket...rect-call.html
If the batting is controlled, it's essentially a dribble and illegal for batting the ball into the air and hitting it again before it hits the floor.
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If the batting is controlled, it's essentially a dribble and illegal for batting the ball into the air and hitting it again before it hits the floor.
In my case, the ball was always on the floor.
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In my case, the ball was always on the floor.
That would be legal, IMO.
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