No Five Seconds?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

There is no five second closely guarded rule in the NBA. The closest rule is the five second back to basket count...a player with the ball in his frontcourt below the free throw line extended may not dribble the ball with his back or side to the basket for longer than five seconds. The count ends when he goes above the FT extended, the dribble ends, or the defense deflects the ball away.

AKA the Charles Barkley rule.

[APG]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

AKA the Charles Barkley rule.

I've heard a variety of players...Charles Barkley and Marc Jackson being the two that come up the most often.

It's always hilarious when a player gets called for this violation...and the player and announcers are baffled.