this
 

is where you pack up and admit to yourself that maybe officiating isnt for you...

first off -- there will be bodies on the floor during a game where no foul is called (called incidental)

secondly -- if you call this a technical (because technically that's what it is) that's horrible game management

thirdly -- I agree with Ref in PA that NO way this happens -- A1 would have to have a 80" vertical

fourthly -- I agree with Dan_Ref as well -- you cannot have 2 shooters on one shot -- A1 shot ended when A2 attempted a putback.

fifthly -- is it just me or is this a lot out of nothing -- sounds like a normal basketball game

While the ball does become dead, the foul is not a technical. A personal foul includes contact while the ball is dead on or by an airborn shooter.

bob
 

is right -- and heres an example that happens quite often

shot goes up and as soon as the ball goes through the basket a player who has been boxed out well tries and times his push to create space -- now the basket is good then the push happens -- just a PF -- if on the defense the offense gets 2 (or 3 points) plus the ball back at the spot of foul -- if on the offense -- count the bucket and award a fould to the offensive player (unless im wrong with counting the bucket -- but i see it as happening after the shot and not having anything to do with the shot no need to penalize the offense twice in this case).

Along the same lines, what do you have if A1 shoots the ball while airborne, the ball is clearly short of the basket and hits A2 in the head. After the ball hits A2's head B1 fouls A1 while airborne, then the ball enters the basket. Whatcha got?

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what shoes are A1 wearing -- or is he using a rocket pack to jump -- or does he wear blue and red tights?

id just call the game and go home...or issue a red card to A2 for illegally headding the ball and "t" up B team coach...

A ticket to a Three Stooges retrospective?

Dual airborne shooters. It could be.
 

A1 became an airborne shooter when s/he shot the ball (under 4.1). Being an airborne shooter doesn't end for A1 till s/he returns to the ground. If there's another shot (a tap is a try), or a technical for A5 screaming 'Duck!', while the airborne shooter is . . . airborne . . . I don't think the rules or the casebook indicates that that status ends any other way than by returning to the ground.

Whether by one foot or two - I am interested in that. A player 'with the ball' gets nothing - if you catch a pass and there's only room/time to get one foot down, that's what you get. You need more, foul on you.

But for an airborne shooter, who by definition aquired the status by getting rid of the ball as a shot, is time and distance relevant, say in the way it is in screening? I don't think so. If the defender has position, and the airborne shooter has a vector forward - well, perhaps that was his/her distance in which to stop. If airborne shooter A1 gets one foot down, then crashes into defender B1 . . . foul on the ground on A1 after the shot (ignoring the dicey issue of whether or not the ball has gone through the basket)? Surely the airborne shooter doesn't have the right to land one-on-to-two . . .

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"fourthly -- I agree with Dan_Ref as well -- you cannot have 2 shooters on one shot -- A1 shot ended when A2 attempted a putback."

Without considering the larger issue, airborne shooter status appears to be defined as terminating when the airborne shooter returns to the floor, not when the try ends.

Thanks
 

From the Rules Fundamentals . . . good point.

Like I said when I originally posted this, it seems like everyone has a different answer. There have been 20-some repsonses to this thread, yet no one has definitively been able to say what the proper call would be.

While the original question is tough, this one is easy.

Since the ball wasn't in flight on a try, the ball becomes dead when the foul is committed. A1 is still an airborne shooter. Wipe the "basket" and award A1 two shots.

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I agree, in theory, but where's the rule support for this?

I agree, and this is why I would probably never call it, but humor me for the situation where A1 can jump.

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Precisely. I think this carries more weight than my hypothetical argument about two tries.

So in other words .....



No one really has any idea what the correct call is!!!

The rule support you find is in 4-40-4 "The try ends when the throw is successful, when it is certain the throw is unsuccessful, when the ball touches the floor or when the ball becomes dead."

The only legal touch of a try I can think of is when the try by A1 is on its upward arc (not sure why A2 would block a try by A1). This type of a touch I would consider a pass from A1 to A2, with A2 receiving credit should the ball go in the basket.

All other types of touches by A2 are after the try by A1 has ended or they end the try of A1.

A tap of a try by A1 on its downward arc by A2 that was going into the basket would be GT (9-12). If the ball was not going to go in, A1's try has ended and the touch by A2 is legal.

If the try by A1 did not go in immediately but is on the rim or any part of the ball is within the cylinder above the rim and A2 taps the ball, that is BI (9-11). So for A2 to legally touch the ball, it must be outside the cylinder after the missed shot by A1 - in other words the try by A1 has ended.

Either way the try by A1 ends with the touch of A2. If it was a legal touch by A2, then A2 gets credited with the made basket, not A1, as his try ended.