A poll for my curiosity

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Originally Posted by CoachP

Lemme play devils advocate here. Sorry if this sitch has been discussed before. New details added to Snaq's sitch.

A1 dribbles up the the court, coming to a stop and stopping his dribble about 5 feet into his front court. He throws a baseball pass towards A2, who is standing in the lane near the basket. B1 fouls A1 on the arm on the throw. The ball hits the rim. What's the ruling? Popular vote here states "it hits the rim it's a try".

A1 shooting three free throws?

I have to put it in the officials' hands to judge as per 4-41-2. First case I go no violation and keep playing; in Coach P case I call foul on B1, but I rule it a pass and not a TRY, dead ball. My judgement.....

[Adam]

You don't know that the foul didn't cause the ball to hit the rim. If the kid hits the rim on his own, then he can retrieve it. Look, I'm not saying he really tried to make a basket, I'm saying it's a grey area that I'm going to lean towards letting them play on.