spirit of the rule

[gslefeb]

I questions like this - I always think to the extremes to see if I would make the call:

If a player going in for a layup runs so fast after make the shot they leave the playing court - do you call this?

If someones foot is out of bounds standing elbow extended - do you call it?

If someone turns to jog up court on a change of posession to get into a set offense steps out of bounds - do you call it?

If someone trips and lands out of bounds.

Obviously there are times when an official would not call leaving the court, so it is never black and white.

My Call?
I would check to see if the Player gains an advantage - as that is the only scenerio in the case book. In what I read from the question - I would not call it.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by gslefeb

If a player going in for a layup runs so fast after make the shot they leave the playing court - do you call this?
...If someone trips and lands out of bounds.

gslefeb - both of these situations are expressly allowed, and there is no judgement needed. "Unauthoized" leaving the court only has to do with intentionally leaving the playing court during "normal" plays; the obvious example is a player going around a screen along a line OOB, instead of stopping, or taking the longer way inbounds. Falling OOB, or momentum carrying a player OOB, has never been a violation under this rule.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

"Unauthorized" leaving the court only has to do with intentionally leaving the playing court during "normal" plays; the obvious example is a player going around a screen along a line OOB, instead of stopping, or taking the longer way inbounds. Falling OOB, or momentum carrying a player OOB, has never been a violation under this rule.

I would also call the violation if the player leaves the lane under the basket to avoid a three second violation.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I would also call the violation if the player leaves the lane under the basket to avoid a three second violation.

That would be a three second violation, thought.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

That would be a three second violation.

Maybe years ago, before all the recent rules, and interpretations, about staying on the court. I definitely would have called three seconds in this situation during the years when the penalty for leaving the court was a technical foul. No way was I going to give a player a technical foul when I could get away with a three second call. But today, I'm probably going with a leaving the court violation, rather than a three second violation, even though the penalty is the same.