Shooting at wrong basket

[Todd VandenAkker]

I believe you are correct, Barney. But, if I have not dribbled yet, threw the ball in the air over a defender's head then caught up to it and grabbed it AFTER it had hit the floor, I would be fine but could not dribble it "again" if I was holding it. That would not be considered a pass to myself, but technically a dribble. So with the "airball" at the wrong basket and not having dribbled before that "shot," if I grabbed it AFTER it hit the floor once I should be OK (unless I try to dribble after having caught it). Now, if I did the same thing, but grabbed it again BEFORE it touched the floor (just like the airball situation), is that a violation? I think it would be then, same as if I had moved my pivot foot or simply took a little hop and held the ball in a different spot.