NBE 5 second rule

[Mark Padgett]

I was flipping channels this morning and saw a few minutes of an NBE game. A player was dribbling and backing into the lane while guarded when an official called a "5 second violation" on the dribbler. One of the announcers called this the "Mark Jackson rule" but I think that was because Jackson was one of the analysts on the telecast. Anyone know what this rule is about?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I was flipping channels this morning and saw a few minutes of an NBE game. A player was dribbling and backing into the lane while guarded when an official called a "5 second violation" on the dribbler. One of the announcers called this the "Mark Jackson rule" but I think that was because Jackson was one of the analysts on the telecast. Anyone know what this rule is about?

It's actually called the Charles Barkley rule.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I was flipping channels this morning and saw a few minutes of an NBE game. A player was dribbling and backing into the lane while guarded when an official called a "5 second violation" on the dribbler. One of the announcers called this the "Mark Jackson rule" but I think that was because Jackson was one of the analysts on the telecast. Anyone know what this rule is about?

There is some sort of back-to-the-basket closely guarded rule in the NBA. Mark Jackson most definitely liked to back smaller guards down so it might be the "Mark Jackson" rule.

[APG]

A player with the ball below the free throw line extended is not allowed to dribble the ball with his back or side to the basket for longer than 5 seconds. The count ends when the dribble ends, the defense deflects the ball away or the player dribbles the ball above the free throw line extended. The penalty is a turnover and the ball awarded to the defense at the free throw line extended. The violation is known as a five-second back-to-basket violation.

The rule is informally known as the "Charles Barkley rule."