Rules Question

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Originally posted by ChuckElias

Being airborne or not is irrelevant. If throwing against your own backboard was a dribble, then it would still be a double dribble even if you caught the second "dribble" while airborne.

The A.R. explicitly states that the player is airborne when he/she catches and then dunks. So it's not clear to me that the ruling applies if the player throws the ball off of his/her backboard and catches it on the ground.

For example, another A.R. that I cited above says that throwing the ball against your opponent's backboard is like throwing it off the floor and constitutes the start of a dribble. Since the A.R. explicitly talks about the opponent's backboard, I can't use it to draw a conclusion about throwing the ball of of one's own backboard.

It's as if you took a shot. Or maybe not, b/c there's still team control. It's as if you intentionally threw the ball off your opponent. You can catch it and dribble, shoot, pivot, whatever.

Are you telling me that I can dribble, end the dribble, throw the ball off of my backboard, and dribble again? Even if it is absolutely clear that I am not throwing the ball up in a try for goal? I find that difficult to believe.

Do you have a rule reference to back any of this up?

(Chuck--My tone may come across as belligerent, but is not meant that way. I'm sincerely interested in why you interpret the rules the way you do.)