NBA Dribbling Totally Unclear

[Kelvin green]

My two cents... you will not find the definiton of player control because they dont use the term in the NBA

There is no need to have definition of player control since there are no player control fouls etc.

The NBA dribble rules states "A dribble is movement of the ball, caused by a player in control, who throws or taps the ball into the air or to the floor"

The differentiation here is on a rebound a player may tap the ball and have absolutley no control of the play. or on a loose ball play player knocks the ball away from a player by tapping it out of a pile then runs after it..