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[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

How is that different than what he said?

"A player's location on the court, when airborne, is determined by the point of departure."

The last place you touched is your point of departure.

An airborne player might touch the floor between jumping and landing, and that player's location would be where he or she last touched the floor, not the point of departure. I've seen it.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mbyron

An airborne player might touch the floor between jumping and landing,

Huh?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

An airborne player might touch the floor between jumping and landing, and that player's location would be where he or she last touched the floor, not the point of departure. I've seen it.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Huh?

I'm with Bob. Once an airborne player touches the floor, he's no longer airborne. If, by some fluke of gravity, he is, then his point of departure has changed.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by mbyron

An airborne player might touch the floor between jumping and landing, and that player's location would be where he or she last touched the floor, not the point of departure. I've seen it.

A player jumps. That's his point of departure, where he left the floor.

When he next touches the floor, he's landed. He can't land twice.

This ain't the triple jump.

[mbyron]

You're all assuming the player touches the floor with a foot, right?

[Adam]

is right. Once he touches the floor with "anything," he's no longer airborne; but if he touches the floor with a hand and still manages to catch the ball before his feet hit the floor, I'm tempted to let him do whatever he wants with it after that.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by mbyron

You're all assuming the player touches the floor with a foot, right?

I don't care if he touches with the tip of his johnson. When he touches after going airborne, he's landed.

Look dude, you screwed up. Everybody in the thread knows it and has commented on it. Admit it and move on.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Look dude, you screwed up.

Didn't, but the case that proves it is so unlikely that it's not worth posting. And in any case the thread shouldn't be about me. So I'm done here.