Which takes precedence in the following scenario:

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by timo1980

So what is the violation for the following scenario:

1)Player jumps to shoot the ball
2)While in the air, he gets fouled(slapped on the wrist)
3)The player lands on the ground without releasing the ball

My question is if this would be considered a foul against the player, or a traveling violation since the player went up and down without releasing the ball - since he started to travel before he was fouled(to me it seems that the traveling violation should take precedence). The foul caused the shooter not to be able to release the field goal attempt.

timo1980:

Its late and I am tired but I will bite. Why would you do you think the traveling violation should take precedence?

By the way, the correct answer to this play is that the shooter gets to shoot two or three free throws (depending upon whether he was fouled attempting a two or three-point field goal).

MTD, Sr.