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John Schaefferkoetter Fri Dec 19, 2003 03:06pm

If a player for team A loses his dribble in the back court under the opponents basket and all other 4 players from team A have run off to the front court, along with the 5 players from team B, which obviously he has no teammates to pass to at the moment.

Can he shoot the ball towards Team B's goal in the back court and get his own rebound to start another dribble?

Remember, if team A makes basket into team B's basket, it scores 2 points for team B.


Smiley Fri Dec 19, 2003 03:09pm

No, this would be a double dribble.

mplagrow Fri Dec 19, 2003 09:00pm

Yup
 
Throwing the ball off of the opponents' backboard constitutes a dribble. Even if he throws it off the board first, then catches it, then starts to dribble, it's a DD. I always wondered why that was in the rule book, but I suppose your scenario answers that question.

Snake~eyes Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:08pm

How about if he hits the rim?

BktBallRef Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:38pm

Re: Yup
 
Quote:

Originally posted by mplagrow
Throwing the ball off of the opponents' backboard constitutes a dribble. Even if he throws it off the board first, then catches it, then starts to dribble, it's a DD. I always wondered why that was in the rule book, but I suppose your scenario answers that question.
He's already dribbled. Once he throws the ball off the backboard and catches it, he's violated. He doesn't even get an opportunity to dribble again. The violation has already occurred.

Quote:

Originally posted by Snake~eyes
How about if he hits the rim?
That doesn't constitute a dribble. However, it doesn't give him another dribble either. It's not a shot, so there's no loss of team control. If he runs and gets the ball, he's traveled, the same as if he threw himself a pass.


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