Note the wording in 4-15. For the sake of this argument there are two separate ways the dribble can end.
4-15-1 a. .....catches or causes the ball to come to rest in one or both hands. b. ....palms/carries the ball by allowing it to come to rest in one or both hands. I don't see where a could apply here. Not so sure about b. How long is too long? This guy goes basically all the way across the lane with the ball resting in his hand. Not saying I would or wouldn't call it, but I certainly think it is a legitimate point to ponder. If this guy had demonstrated the same move while adding a spin, I think a lot of us would call a violation. |
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I disagree that it "couldn't" be traveling. If he, for example, takes about 6 steps with the ball resting in his hand and never re-dribbles, it's traveling. Before the palming/carrying rule was adopted a few years ago, the call would have had to either be traveling or double dribble. Usually, it was DD, but occasionally traveling would be the proper call as it happened first.
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1. Is he breaking the rule? I don't think so. 2. Is he taking advantage of some loophole to gain an unintended advantage? To me, this answer is even easier than the first; No. If you're going to call this because he takes too many steps between dribbles, I'll say it again, you're going to have to call a lot of point guards for traveling on fast breaks. They'll have their hand on the ball for the same amount of time as this guy, and they're running while they do it. |
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Without a doubt the play you describe makes the violation, if called, more obvious. But to reiterate the point, the position of the hand on the ball is not mentioned anywhere in the dribble rule. Conceivably, especially with a tall player, a high dribble with the hand in the 12 o'clock position could easily result in longer contact than a small player making a quick crossover move with the hand in the 3 or 4 o'clock position. Like some others, even though not written, advantage gained is often a factor in making this call. |
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on/near the top of the ball. |
And who said Dan Cortese from MTV fame didn't have a career after his 15 min of fame?
On the vid, gotta leave it alone by rule fellas....UGLY but NO violation. |
Got nuthin'
being of the opinion that the palm/carry is ignored far too often, I was fully prepared to find a violation here and I did not.
In the real world, he's not gonna be able to dribble the ball that high in traffic. To make the direction changes made here during what we used to call a "city dribble" would probably result in a carry. But he didn't do it here. Them there chairs played lousy defense and I'm not giving them the ball. |
4.15.4 SITUATION B: A1, while advancing the ball by dribbling, manages to
keep a hand in contact with the ball until it reaches its maximum height. A1 maintains such contact as the ball descends, pushing it to the floor at the last moment; however, after six or seven bounces, A1’s hand is in contact with the ball and the palm of the hand on this particular dribble is skyward so that the ball is resting on top of the hand. RULING: The dribble has ended and a violation occurs if A1 dribbles again. The dribble ended when the ball came to rest in the palm of A1’s hand. (9-5) |
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