Occupying Free throw Spaces

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Amesman

Can someone further clarify one more point on this? If FT shooter's opponents for some reason choose not to fill the first spaces, can FT shooter's teammates take them?

8-1-4 uses "shall" (not) in c. and it's not clear if that means "may never," given the use of "may" in d.

I always convert "shall not" to "is not permitted to" when I read a rule.

[refnrev]

I am continually amazed at the misunderstandings over the lane. I had a newbie tell me last week that all the spaces had to be filled before the shooter could shoot. I told him that was not right. When he told me which of his partners told him that I was surprised. However, in retrospect, it was the same guy that I corrected one night by telling hiom it was not possible for the thrower to travel on a throw-in.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I always convert "shall not" to "is not permitted to" when I read a rule.

You're not by any chance a member of a law-making or rule-making governmental body?