Almost knowing a rule...........

[frezer11]

Man, I hear you about "almost knowing" a rule. I worked a couple low level games with a new official last season, and in the same game, he called 3 seconds on a multiple shot/rebound situation, a 3 seconds while the ball was in the backcourt, and when the offensive team was inbounding from underneath the basket, before the inbounder released the ball? You guessed it, 3 seconds. I cut him some slack since it was his first year, but tough to work with people who don't know the rules.