Traveling Question # 623

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rwest

Ok, so it can be started with both, but a point guard who while bringing the ball up touches the ball with both hands has violated, correct?

Thanks in advance!

Not until he dribbles again. Doesn't matter if it's the pg or the center.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rwest

Why not? He can't dribble with two hands. He can only start a dribble with two. Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant he dribbled with two hands sometime after starting his dribble. I know that the rules apply equally to all players.

Here's the problem: "Dribbled with two hands" is not a basketball official's phrase. We care about when a dribble starts (and whether it's leagal to do so), and how a dribble ends.