More T or no T

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by asdf

The only reason he did this is to draw atention to himself.

It has nothing to do with the game, and everyting to do about himself, which can quickly turn into retaliation adn taunting.

Nip it in the bud immediately.

How hard does he have to smack it? If he taps it is it ok? Still having nothing to do with basketball?

[asdf]

Ask yourself the question...

Why did the player purposely slap the backboard?

[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It was more of a general statement in response to your statement that "doesn't say anything about whether it has to do with basketball or not."

Understood. I think you realize that my comment was more in reference to asdf's characterization of this play, but you are right more generally speaking it does matter.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

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[slow whistle]

Originally Posted by asdf

Ask yourself the question...

Why did the player purposely slap the backboard?

Habit, routine, to show off who knows? Do you penalize when a player crouches down and slaps the floor when he gets in a defensive stance? Why do you think they do that? The rule gives you authority to penalize the backboard slap, but not just because you thought it was a non-basketball play - if you deem that he did it for unsportsmanlike purposes then it must be so hard that it cannot be ignored or to vent frustration (cb 10.3.4)

[asdf]

There is no reason for a player to purposely contact the backboard.

None, zero, nada, zilch......

It's only done to draw attention to himself. You leave that go, and his opponent now is gonna one-up him.....then he's gonna one-up him.....

When you gonna whack someone? Where do you tell the coach, who has seen it now twice unpenalized, the threshold is for purposefully slapping the board to hard or too loud?

Whack it when it first happens. If it happens again, you have set the threshhold....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by slow whistle

What do you guys think? Did he smack it so hard that it could not be ignored? I guess they could have gotten him for hanging on the rim too, although not sure if I agree that he did. Anyone ever pass on this same play?

YouTube - Did Gomez Deserve Technical Foul?

Finally saw video. Easy 'T'.

[refiator]

If he hung on to the rim long enough to slap the backboard, he deserved it. Good call, but I did have to watch it twice!

[adchris]

T - No question. What ever happened to calling the T for pulling the rim down? Every dunk I see now, regardless if there is even another player in the front court, the dunker pulls the rim down. I quit calling T's after I was written up for "overofficiating" it. In my oppinion he could have been T'd up for hanging - the slap was automatic.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by adchris

T - No question. What ever happened to calling the T for pulling the rim down? Every dunk I see now, regardless if there is even another player in the front court, the dunker pulls the rim down. I quit calling T's after I was written up for "overofficiating" it. In my oppinion he could have been T'd up for hanging - the slap was automatic.

Pulling the rim down does not warrant a technical foul. The rim collapsed becasue it's designed to do just that.

Now, hanging on it or performing a "pull up", that's different.