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Nevadaref Thu Apr 10, 2003 01:50am
Hope everyone saw the Tracy MacGrady play on SportsCenter. He dribbled down the court and then tossed the ball off the board to himself for a catch and dunk.
I post this since we had a thread a while back about whether or not this play is legal. It is in the NBA. Of course, that means squat for NFHS or NCAA, but it seems that we will be seeing this play more frequently in the coming years at all these levels.

JRutledge Thu Apr 10, 2003 02:32am
It is legal.
 
But I said the same thing when UNLV did it against Duke in the 1990 NCAA Finals. I have not seen it that much since. I think it is difficult to do and you need the right time and position to pull it off.

Peace

Bart Tyson Thu Apr 10, 2003 08:25am
Why would this not be legal in HS/ncaa?

ChuckElias Thu Apr 10, 2003 08:58am
Bart, here's the discussion that we had about this:

http://www.officialforum.com/showthr...?threadid=6334

BktBallRef Thu Apr 10, 2003 09:47am
I've seen the same play three times in the NBA in the past week.

It is legal, Bart. It's just one of those plays that some people don't like and, therefore, don't think it's legal.

[Edited by BktBallRef on Apr 10th, 2003 at 07:16 PM]

DownTownTonyBrown Thu Apr 10, 2003 01:57pm
English violation!
 
Quote:
Originally posted by BktBallRef
I've seen the same play three times in the NBA in the past week.

It is legal, Bart. It's just one of those plays that some people don't like and, therefore, don't think it's illegal.
That would be a double negative. Oooh, this isn't the English Forum is it?

I think what you intended to say was because they don't like it, they think that it is illegal.

ChuckElias Thu Apr 10, 2003 03:24pm
Re: English violation!
 
Quote:
Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Quote:
Originally posted by BktBallRef
It's just one of those plays that some people don't like and, therefore, don't think it's illegal.
That would be a double negative. Oooh, this isn't the English Forum is it?
Mr. Grammar Guy ignored this obvious faux-pas, b/c it seemed more like a brain cramp than a genuine mistake. Tony wrote "don't like" and then accidentally stuck another "don't" in front of "think". Mr. Grammar Guy will let you take the easy ones, DT!! :D

Dan_ref Thu Apr 10, 2003 03:32pm
Re: Re: English violation!
 
Quote:
Originally posted by ChuckElias
Quote:
Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Quote:
Originally posted by BktBallRef
It's just one of those plays that some people don't like and, therefore, don't think it's illegal.
That would be a double negative. Oooh, this isn't the English Forum is it?
Mr. Grammar Guy ignored this obvious faux-pas, b/c it seemed more like a brain cramp than a genuine mistake. Tony wrote "don't like" and then accidentally stuck another "don't" in front of "think". Mr. Grammar Guy will let you take the easy ones, DT!! :D

With al due respect to Mr GG & DTTB, I believe Tony made a puctuation mistake. Here is how I think he meant it to be written:

Quote:
It's just one of those plays that some people don't like and, therefore, don't think. It's illegal.
Very powerful construction, if you ask me.

ChuckElias Thu Apr 10, 2003 04:24pm
Re: Re: Re: English violation!
 
Quote:
Originally posted by Dan_ref
With al due respect to Mr GG & DTTB, I believe Tony made a puctuation mistake.
I have no idea what Al's puctuation mistake has to do with this thread. :confused:

Bart Tyson Thu Apr 10, 2003 04:40pm
Actually, If Tony stands by what he wrote, then he didn't make any mistakes. He just wanted to be clever, and strategically place commas. Therefore, "don't think it's illegal" simply means, "think it's legal".

[Edited by Bart Tyson on Apr 10th, 2003 at 04:54 PM]

ChuckElias Thu Apr 10, 2003 04:43pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Bart Tyson
He just wanted to be clever, and strategically place comas.
My wife gave me a strategically placed coma once. I didn't wake up until 3 days later!

Bart Tyson Thu Apr 10, 2003 04:55pm
Chuck, look above, your eyes missed the second "m".

Hawks Coach Thu Apr 10, 2003 04:59pm
Are you a Senator
 
and therefore have the right to revise your remarks to make yourself look better ;)

Bart Tyson Thu Apr 10, 2003 05:22pm
Depends on what is, is.

mick Thu Apr 10, 2003 05:37pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Depends on what is, is.
The only difference between a coma and a comma is the length of the pause.


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