Is This an Attempt?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

What you wrote might confuse a newer official or a nonofficial looking to understand the rule. It wasn't wrong, but just unclear because this "pass" turns into a dribble under these circumstances because it meets the definition of such.

Good point, and the violation would be for lifting the pivot foot without proceeding to shoot, pass, or call timeout. And by retrieving the pass first, the pass becomes a dribble. It sounds much more complicated when I read it out loud as opposed to seeing the play.