22 often misunderstood rules... agree or disagree

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by just another ref

9-7-3 refers to when the player in the lane is the one with
the ball.
In the earlier example A1 is in the lane, but the count stops when A2 releases a shot.

You are talking about Team Control, I am talking about the application of the 3 second rule. It clearly says to give allowances for a try for goal as well as a dribble. Yes you must have Team Control to call 3 seconds, but the rulebook clearly wants allowances to be given for taking an attempt at the goal.

Now if you want to call a 3 second call while a player is in the process of shooting the ball, so be it. But I do not think that is good common sense officiating. Just like many officials want a release before they will award a shooting foul when contact is made on the ball handler. And since 9-7 is the only place I am aware of that goes into detail about the rule, nothing is stated about a release. Nothing in the Casebook talks about release either.

Peace