Rules Myths

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Whatinthehell are all you people talking about?

BillyMac didn't say a damn thing about a dunk in his original statement. He said it is illegal to hang on the rim if a player was fouled. PERIOD!! That's an all-inclusive statement, folks. It covers all of the possible different scenarios, not just a dunk. For instance, it covers the case of a defender whacking the shooter as soon as he picked the ball up for a lay-up, with the shooter then continuing his normal motion, laying the ball off the board, and then following through and grabbing the ring and hanging from it. It could also cover a player going up for a tip, being fouled without ever touching the ball, and then grabbing the ring despite never having been put off-balance by the foul and also having nobody underneath him. According to Billy's original verbiage, it's legal to hang from the rim in that case too. Um, don't think so.

I was simply commenting on your point response. If a player is fouled while trying to dunk, I am going to allow that player some leeway. I was not responding to you to debate every possible situation. I was responding because you said a player could not hang on the rim if fouled during a dunk. Take that up with someone else. No reason to get all hot and bothered by it. I am just giving you one possible take. You do not have to agree with my opinion.

Peace