Thought provoking back court question.

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Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I'm just sitting here, eating my popcorn, while you guys discuss this silly play.

It's simple...if you judge the nthrow a try, it's not a BC violation. If you judge it not to be a try, it's a violation.

You could argue forever whether it's a try or not. No one will win.

And I'm not trying to win either but I'm just trying to think objectively how I would react as Trail official in this case. Trail is monitoring the player and ball which just crossed the division line. Most alley-oop passes are one hand running push passes which look pretty much like running one hand shots--and because this pass/try is pretty much on line with the goal (alley-oop). , I'm thinking that my first reaction in the case as described (actually regardless the shooter/passer's form) is going to be the three point try mechanic and as the mechanic goes up I have therefore judged this effort to be a try and I don't think I would be inclined to change my judgment.

Absolutely. One should be able to judge, in almost all cases, if a play from 30 feet out is a pass or a shot. In the original post, it was clearly stated that it was a pass. Violation. End of story.

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Most alley-oop passes are one hand running push passes which look pretty much like running one hand shots

Huh????

Most Alley-oops I see are two handed (Chest passes) as they are more accurate. Certainly the one in my case was a chest pass.