You can't have any try -- legal or illegal -- at your opponent's basket. And there's nothing illegal about throwing a live ball into your opponent's basket, so it's a mistake to think of that as an "illegal try."

Another thing to consider on this if AI was fouled as he shot (threw) the ball at the wrong basket. If the ball goes in, I believe, the basket does not count since the foul causes the ball to immediately become dead. If he misses the shot, he gets it out of bounds nearest the spot of the foul (unless they are in the bonus).

Whether he misses or if the ball goes in, designated throw-in at the spot nearest the foul.

Just Checking ???
 

A1 receives a pass in his backcourt. For some reason A1 gets confused and throws a set shot toward the wrong basket, never lifting his pivot foot off the floor. The ball clangs and bounces around the basket and backboard, and finally falls fall off the rim and bounces on the floor. A1, with one hand, taps the ball the the ground and keeps on dribbling, now in the right direction. Legal? Right?

I believe this is key... never thought of it before. Thanks

BillyMac, I would say that would be a legal play. The "set shot" would be the start of the dribble, and since they continued the dribble when the ball hit the floor and did not catch and start a NEW dribble - what you described is an illegal dribble.

And if a player attempts a jump shot at the wrong basket and gets their own rebound, it's a violation because the dribble was started with the pivot foot off the ground, right?

It's a violation because the pronoun doesn't agree with the antecedent.

Boo! Hiss!






[HEDGE BET]Just in case you weren't being jocular, I was just trying to keep it gender neutral[/HEDGE BET]

Worthy goal, but not an excuse for bad grammar. If you make your pronouns plural, change their antecedents accordingly:
"And if players attempt a jump shot at the wrong basket and get their own rebound...."

What if she was the player, er, were the players, er, whatever?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2008...o-headed_1.jpg

We need a gender-neutral pronoun. We used to have one, but apparently it too closely resembled the masculine pronoun.

Are you implying all men are created equal but all women aren't? :rolleyes:

BTW - my wife has always objected to the use of the term "mankind" - not because she thinks it's not gender neutral, but because she doesn't think men are kind. :)

Sure. :rolleyes:

Sounds easy until it actually happens
 

Saw this in 7th Grade Girls.

A1 throws the ball at the wrong basket and misses. B1 rebounds the ball and takes two dribbles toward the other end of the court and passes ahead to B2 who lays it in. Tweet. Official waives off the basket. Why?