Line of the Day

[bas2456]

Heard two great lines yesterday.

In the game before mine, there was a free throw situation. A1 shoots the free throw, there are no violations, and A1 rebounds her own miss.

TWEET! "The shooter cannot rebound her own miss."

Now, I've looked, but I can't find anything to support his claim.

Second one had to do with a five second closely guarded call I made. A1 is dribbling near the top of the lane, closely guarded by B1. A1 slowly advances toward the basket, but never even comes close to getting his head/shoulders past B1. I whistle the violation, and both A coaches yell "But he was advancing the ball!"

[Mark Padgett]

I hope the first "line" you mentioned was also from a coach and not from an official.

[Adam]

You were working middle school or AAU, right?

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I hope the first "line" you mentioned was also from a coach and not from an official.

Unfortunately, it was from the official.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bas2456

TWEET! "The shooter cannot rebound her own miss."

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I hope the first "line" you mentioned was also from a coach and not from an official.

I hope the coach didn't have a whistle.

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You were working middle school or AAU, right?

7th grade boy's rec ball.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bas2456

A1 is dribbling near the top of the lane, closely guarded by B1. A1 slowly advances toward the basket, but never even comes close to getting his head/shoulders past B1. I whistle the violation, and both A coaches yell "But he was advancing the ball!"

They may have been correct twenty years ago. Back in the olden days, there was a twenty-eight foot "hash mark" painted on the court. If during a five second dribbling count, the dribbler advanced the ball past this mark, he got a new five second count. In this situation, he could dribble, closely guarded, for almost ten seconds with having a violation called.

Some older courts still have these fossil "hash marks". Look for them. Collect them. Fossil hunting is an interesting hobby. And I was not talking about Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. when I was talking about fossils. I was thinking about him, but I wasn't talking about him.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

They may have been correct twenty years ago. Back in the olden days, there was a twenty-eight foot "hash mark" painted on the court. If during a five second dribbling count, the dribbler advanced the ball past this mark, he got a new five second count. In this situation, he could dribble, closely guarded, for almost ten seconds with having a violation called.

Some older courts still have these fossil "hash marks". Look for them. Collect them. Fossil hunting is an interesting hobby. And I was not talking about Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. when I was talking about fossils. I was thinking about him, but I wasn't talking about him.

I resember that remark. ROFLMAO and crying because the USA is losing 2-0 to Canada.

MTD, Sr.

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I resember that remark. ROFLMAO and crying because the USA is losing 2-0 to Canada.

MTD, Sr.

Only 2-1 now...20 minutes to go

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bas2456

Only 2-1 now...20 minutes to go

Since when does the Forum have a sports crawl? I wonder who's winnng the Waste Management Phoenix Open?

[APG]

Originally Posted by bas2456

Only 2-1 now...20 minutes to go

Make that 2-2 going into OT!

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Since when does the Forum have a sports crawl? I wonder who's winnng the Waste Management Phoenix Open?

And we've got OVERTIME!!

Does Padgett do hockey? If he was doing this game, Canada would be the gold medalists right now.