shot or pass

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by SMEngmann
Along similar lines, I had a situation a while back doing an IM game where a player stopped his dribble behind the arc, threw the ball off the backboard to himself and then passed to a teammate. I let the double dribble go because the player was on the short end of a blowout, but oddly enough, I saw him do the same thing from the next week (I wasn't officiating that game). This play does require the same judgement that NFHS wanted to eliminate with the "every basket made from behind the arc is a 3" rule. One official who I spoke to said that the double dribble should only be called if it happens on the wrong backboard (and therefore can't be a shot). What do you think?

I think that the rule and case books support this "one official"

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by SMEngmann
a player stopped his dribble behind the arc, threw the ball off the backboard to himself and then passed to a teammate. I let the double dribble go

This is not a double dribble. Throwing the ball off one's own backboard is never considered a dribble.

[Adam]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

This is not a double dribble. Throwing the ball off one's own backboard is never considered a dribble.

Around here, we like to call those "rebounds."