Originally Posted by mutantducky (Post 553613)

Hi all. New user. I've looked through some of the past threads and learned a good deal- that one on the shot being fumbled and could the player shoot or dribble after was a good one. (shoot-pass, not dribble)

1. Is there anything wrong with intentionally missing a free throw, at the end of the game for example? A friend got called for a violation for throwing the ball really hard and one-handed. hit the rim and went off but the ref called it. It was a close game, down by two so he was trying to miss. I assume most of us have seen it done before so I was thinking maybe because he threw it too hard or one-handed?

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 553619)

No violation if it hits the rim.

Originally Posted by mutantducky (Post 553613)

Hi all. New user. I've looked through some of the past threads and learned a good deal- that one on the shot being fumbled and could the player shoot or dribble after was a good one. (shoot-pass, not dribble)

1. Is there anything wrong with intentionally missing a free throw, at the end of the game for example? A friend got called for a violation for throwing the ball really hard and one-handed. hit the rim and went off but the ref called it. It was a close game, down by two so he was trying to miss. I assume most of us have seen it done before so I was thinking maybe because he threw it too hard or one-handed?

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 553657)

Absolutely correct - no exceptions. A few years ago, in an 8th grade boys rec game, I had a kid do this in the last minute of a game. The ball hit the rim and bounced back directly at a defensive player's head. It hit his head and almost bounced up into the basket. It just missed - in fact, it hit the backboard and then the front of the rim. If it would have gone in, I would have been searching the stands for someone who had it on video.