Lebron pass to himself Game 4 NBA Finals

[bob jenkins]

Other codes (more-or-less) explicitly allow the offense to use the offensive backboard as part of this play. It's not a "pass to one's self" (which, by definition, is impossible) and it's not a dribbling violation.

I assume the NBA rules have the same general concept.

[soadyp]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Other codes (more-or-less) explicitly allow the offense to use the offensive backboard as part of this play. It's not a "pass to one's self" (which, by definition, is impossible) and it's not a dribbling violation.

I assume the NBA rules have the same general concept.

Ok lets agree that there is no pass to one's self. I'll just refer to that as a dribble.
So did the first dribble end or did the dribble just continue after he placed 2 hands on the ball then placed his right hand under the ball. Why does being in the air change that ? Why is that not double dribble ?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by soadyp

Ok lets agree that there is no pass to one's self. I'll just refer to that as a dribble.
So did the first dribble end or did the dribble just continue after he placed 2 hands on the ball then placed his right hand under the ball. Why does being in the air change that ? Why is that not double dribble ?

Being in the air doesn't change anything. Throwing the ball off the offense's backboard does.

It's not a particularly unusual play -- if it was illegal, it would have been called.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Being in the air doesn't change anything. Throwing the ball off the offense's backboard does. It's not a particularly unusual play -- if it was illegal, it would have been called.

Legal, or illegal, for NFHS rules, when the official is 100% sure that it wasn't a try?

[Mbilica]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Legal, or illegal, for NFHS rules (when the official is 100% sure that it wasn't a try?

Legal in NFHS. Give the benefit of the doubt to the offense if unsure on whether or not it is a Try.

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[ODog]

NFHS Rule 4-15-1: "... It is not part of a dribble when a ball touches a player's own backboard."

So it's legal in high school and below, and the NBA is more permissive in nearly every conceivable way, so ... LEGAL!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ODog

NFHS Rule 4-15-1: "... It is not part of a dribble when a ball touches a player's own backboard."

I agree that it isn't part of an illegal dribble (double dribble), but can it be considered traveling (movement of the pivot foot in excess of legal limits) when the official is 100% sure that it wasn't a try?