calling it but dealing with the annoyances afterwards

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Agreed. But, it's better (imo) to be at 11 than to be at 9.

Not when the ball is deflected out of bounds and the shot clock shows 10+ seconds elapsed. Of course, you can always blame the shot clock timer for starting too early.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

Not when the ball is deflected out of bounds and the shot clock shows 10+ seconds elapsed. Of course, you can always blame the shot clock timer for starting too early.

Let me rephrase -- it's never worse to be at 11 than to be at 9.

While the official in your example would catch some grief, so would the official who called a violation when the shot clock showes 9 seconds elapsed.

(all assuming immediate control and a proper shot clock, of course).