LITTLE THINGS.. and WIERD PLAYS.. OPEN POST

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Not sure what I believe, but here's what I know:

SECTION 2 SCORING
ART. 1 . . . A successful try, tap or thrown ball that does not touch the floor, a teammate or official, from the field by a player who is located behind the team's own 19-foot, 9-inch line counts three points. Any other goal from the field counts two points for the team into whose basket the ball is thrown. See 4-5-4.

If the ball is thrown from behind the arc, and it doesn't touch the floor, teammate or official, the rule says it's 3 points. I also know what the casebook says. But this rule obviously and unambiguously states that it's 3 points.

If everybody agrees that the rule is worded incorrectly, and we all agree to call it some other way, fine. But the rule is crystal clear.

And that is where knowing the intent of the rule comes in. The intent, as I think we all know, was to remove judgement from deciding whether a ball thrown at/near the basket was a try or a not. It's assumed to be worth 3 points....although the rule doesn't actually make it a try.

This rule was never intended to cover a thrown ball whose original trajectory was not towards the basket.