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Unlike you, I can't read minds. I couldn't be sure that slip might have had something to do with losing control of the ball after the second bounce. I also couldn't be sure that A1 wasn't trying to leave a high bounce for a trailer. I learned a long time ago to try to call what I can explain. And I don't like 'splainin' that I thought something might have happened. I like to try to call only things that I'm sure of. And because I can't read minds, I'm not 100% sure what A1 was trying to do with the 2-handed second bounce. But hey, that's just me. |
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"No violation because there was a legal first dribble and NO second dribble." That's what I'd say to anybody who wanted me to call a violation. And I'd like to see anybody in the world(except you) question that. And if they did, I'd direct them to the rulebook definition of both a "fumble" and a "pass". |
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Frankly, he could have known he was about to slip so he bounced it to leave it for his trailing teammate. Again, if there's any doubt at all, I'm letting play continue. That would be a game interrupter, IMO. |
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A1.........allows the ball to come to rest in one hand. A1 pushes the ball to the floor in an attempt to continue the dribble. RULING: When A1 palmed/carried the ball, the dribble ended and when he pushed the ball to the floor a violation occurred. |
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If A1 dribbles, the dribble starts when he releases the ball. This point is not in question. If A1 violates by starting a dribble, then the violation occurs when he starts the dribble. This point is not in question. But you can't know that he's dribbling until he COMPLETES a dribble, i.e., by touching the ball again after it has touched the floor. You might want to INFER that he's dribbling when he releases the ball. "What else could he be doing?" But we're paid to observe and enforce, not to infer. It's not a violation until it's a violation -- NOT once you have no doubt that it's going to be a violation. As I said many posts ago, the violation occurs before we're able to judge that it's a violation. I'm not sure what's at stake for you in this discussion beyond your pride. |
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I just don't understand the big rush to call a violation (A1 drops ball instead of releasing shot) when you have rules backing not to.
If he touches it again, violation, if he doesn't, some other player comes along and play continues. Why the need to jump right in with a whistle on a play that you have rules backing to let proceed? |
Okay, last chapter. If, in my judgment, a player pushes a dribble to the floor which is illegal, the whistle blows when the ball hits the floor. The majority of the time this is simply not that hard to judge. Team A has cleared a side of the court for A1 to work one on one. He palms the ball as he makes a spin move, then pushes it to the floor again. He obviously was going to the basket. This obviously was not a pass. If a player has used his dribble, then forgets and starts to dribble again, then remember when the ball hits the floor, is he allowed to run away from the ball and hope for a teammate to come pick it up. I say no. Finally, in the case of the jumpshooter who is about to have his shot blocked, so he drops the ball before returning to the floor, all he is thinking is "I can't come down with the ball in my hands." This is not a pass, so, by default, it is the start of a dribble, which means it is a travel.
I'm done. |
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