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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:18am
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Bouncing the ball off US.
Someone on our state's fanboy site posed this question...

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As I was watching the game last night a player was trapped and had picked up his dribble and was having trouble finding a teammate.

He has 2 options...: call a timeout, [or] try to throw the ball [off] the defenders leg and out of bounds...

Could the player throw the ball off the ref and recover it with a new 5 secs.? Somehow strikes me as unsportsmanlike, but is it legal?
Rather quickly, other fans came in to say the officals are part of the floor, and this would be an illegal dribble. My question is, who has a technical foul for this?
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:19am
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Technical foul for an illegal dribble?

Not me.
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:21am
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A technical foul? Really? Sounds nothing more than an illegal dribble to me.
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:21am
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If he wings it at me? Sure.

If he bounces it an attempt to gain a new dribble, nope.
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:25pm
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fwiw...if a player throws the ball at me as described in the OP, I'm catching it and going to his opponents basket for a break-away dunk (maybe I'll stop and drain the pull-up 3!).

When the player or coach complains, I'll simply say "everytime you throw it to me...I'm shooting it!".... Bet it doesn't happen again.
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 04:10pm
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fwiw...if a player throws the ball at me as described in the OP, I'm catching it and going to his opponents basket for a break-away dunk (maybe I'll stop and drain the pull-up 3!).

When the player or coach complains, I'll simply say "everytime you throw it to me...I'm shooting it!".... Bet it doesn't happen again.
The three is pointless, as that would only be worth two points anyway.
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2013, 06:44pm
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fwiw...if a player throws the ball at me as described in the OP, I'm catching it and going to his opponents basket for a break-away dunk (maybe I'll stop and drain the pull-up 3!).

When the player or coach complains, I'll simply say "everytime you throw it to me...I'm shooting it!".... Bet it doesn't happen again.
Are we playing on six foot rims.......
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Old Tue Feb 26, 2013, 12:17am
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My question is, who has a technical foul for this?
Depends on where it hits me

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fwiw...if a player throws the ball at me as described in the OP, I'm catching it and going to his opponents basket for a break-away dunk (maybe I'll stop and drain the pull-up 3!).
And if I'm your partner, I'm chasing you down, blocking the shot, and yelling "get that sh** outta here"
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