pass off the backboard, into the backcourt

[Hawks Coach]

Dangerous teritory here. I think we always allow the T-Mac play referenced in the related thread because when it goes off your backboard, it is a shot attempt. Otherwise we have a double dribble or a travel as soon a you rebound your own backbaord pass for the alley oop slam. So even if it looked like a pass, it became a shot when it hit backboard or rim.

The airball that is really a shot versus a self pass is a decision that the ref must make. Throwing the ball up and running and catching it is a travel, attempting a shot and airballing it results in no violation if you get your own rebound. But the off the backboard is a shot, so the ref has no decision to make here. I see no backcourt violation.