Dragged through the plane

[Adam]

Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Like the state office folks said, this is the kind you would have to be there to call it. Besides, if B1 doesn't gain some control of the ball that disallows A1 from releasing it, how can you call a held ball? If I did that here, I might as well as spend the rest of my career not even bothering to send in my application to work postseason games.

As if this call is going to cost you postseason work. Let's not get over dramatic on a once-in-a-lifetime play. If B never gets his hand off the ball, you're eventually going to have to call something; held ball, T, or 5 seconds. I don't think anyone who has played any serious amount of basketball can envision this happening without a held ball. Imagine every single scenario you've seen where A1 puts the ball in front of B1 like this. Has B1 ever just "touched" the ball? I've never seen it. Granted, I've only been playing and officiating for 20 years, so it's possible I haven't been around long enough. But if it ever does happen like this, I'm pretty confident my call won't affect the progression of my officiating career.