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Besides which, the post was corrected 7 hours before your post. |
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I agree that it's very unlikely that there will be sufficient time for a tipped ball to be tapped. However, unlike a ball that's caught with 0.3 seconds left, you must actually judge whether the tap got off instead of it being dead by rule. |
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The point of the rule is not to specify how many taps (the rules makers would have written "one tap" instead of "a tap" if that were their intent), but rather to prohibit a player catching the ball and shooting with so little time on the clock. The contrast is between "a tap" and "a tap or a try." |
A suggestion for editorial revision: When play is resumed and the clock shows .3 or less, when any player gains control, the period shall be over.
As written now, consider the following, if you want to split hairs. A1 throws in to A2, who quickly catches and lobs toward the basket. A3 tips in in, clearly before the buzzer. I think we would agree that the intent is that it should not, but........ |
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No reason the Fed couldn't clarify to say that the first touching - regardless of if it's a tip or a tap or a bat or whatever - utilizes the .3 or less time, and any subsequent touching would occur after the horn. |
I believe there was a study and analysis done to prove without a doubt that you can't catch the ball and shoot in .3 seconds. Not sure how it would even be possible to analyze how many taps can be accomplished in that amount of time.
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1. It is possible. + 2. It never happens. = 3. It's not a problem in need of an inaccurate solution. |
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