Hand part of the ball?

[crazy voyager]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So is it a foul under fiba for a defender to slap the hand while it is on the ball?

yes, at least when I'm officiating the game...
it's not illegal to slap the ball when in contact with the hand though. (if it were, I don't see how we were to block shots in any easy way) I belive how ever once upon a time before my short basketball playing and officiating started, it was illegal to slap at the ball when it still had contact with the hand during a shot. I can't swear on it though since I wasn't around to know