The Most Misunderstood Basketball Rules

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

A1, dribbling in the backcourt, all by himself, no defender, looks to his coach for a play. While doing so, paying close attention to his coach, he absentmindedly, and accidentally, allows the ball to rest for a fraction of a second on the little finger of his dribbling hand, for one dribble, and then continues dribbling "normally". I probably won't call a violation here.

What if the ball was touched with both hands while the dribbler was looking at the coach? What if the dribbler actually grabbed the ball with both hands and then dribbled again? Do you think it's also OK to pick and choose the degree to which a rule has been violated and just call some of the illegal second-dribble violations? The ones that you feel like calling?

And using the same logic, you wouldn't call a violation if the same player stepped on a boundary line in the backcourt while he's not under any pressure either, right? You do believe in consistency, right? Or do you pick and choose what violations that you think should be called under some mystical system known only to yourself?

I ain't gonna argue with you, Billy. That is why personally I don't take your most mis-understood rules too seriously though.