Bunch of new-guy type questions

[Smitty]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
So...if we agree it's advantage/disadvantage on this call, can you tell me what advantage a player has gained by standing with his back to the basket and his heels on the FT line? And notice he didn't say anything about a pass, or a rebound, he simply said the kid is standing there with his back to the basket and was wondering if he should call 3 seconds.

Of course I can't. Without a specific game situation, no one could. But I don't think you can say never as the rule certainly allows for it. What I'm saying is there could absolutely be a scenario, maybe not the one with the kid having his back to the basket, where I would call 3 seconds in this area of the paint. If you never would, that's fine. But it could happen and be backed up by the rules.

If all the original poster really cares about is that specific scenario, with the kid standing there, back to the basket and no pass to him, then I agree, don't call it. But if he was wondering whether this was a valid place on the court to call 3-seconds, it absolutely is.