Is this a travel? (Video)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I don't read anything like that in BNR's post.

I was actually asking everyone, not just BadNewsRef, about Camron Rust's statement ...

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I've never seen a player shoot the ball on the way down in a jump stop.

... because, even though I don't know a lot about NCAA rules, I still believe that this move would be legal ...

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... an airborne shooter, who, at the apex of his jump, decides that his shot will be blocked, and decides to wait a split second and shoot the ball on the way down, before landing, to possibly avoid the blocked shot ...

Originally Posted by BillyMac

...with just shooter's move, alone, described above, without a foul, could a player shoot the ball on the way down? I say, "Yes".

This is not a situation regarding continuation, since a foul is not involved with my play. I still say "Yes. A player could shoot the ball on the way down to a jump stop", but, again, I don't know a lot about NCAA rules.

Camron Rust states that he's never seen this. I believe him. But it can happen, I've seen it, and I believe that it would be legal.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I was actually asking everyone, not just BadNewsRef, about Camron Rust's statement ...

... because, even though I don't know a lot about NCAA rules, I still believe that this move would be legal ...

This is not a situation regarding continuation, since a foul is not involved with my play. I still say "Yes. A player could shoot the ball on the way down to a jump stop", but, again, I don't know a lot about NCAA rules.

Camron Rust states that he's never seen this. I believe him. But it can happen, I've seen it, and I believe that it would be legal.

The two plays just don't look the same. Double pumping to avoid a potential blocked shot looks completely different. In a jump stop play, the player will pretty obviously not be trying to shoot the ball before going back up vs. the double pump shooter. Plus, most jump shooters will have already exceeded the foot movements that would allow them to jump stop so shooting is really the only option on those plays.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The two plays just don't look the same.

Agree. I was thinking about one of those Michael Jordon-esque plays where the airborne shooter seems to hang in the air for about ten seconds, not just a common, garden variety, jump shot.

Note: My use of hyperbole would have definitely impressed my high school, English teacher, Mr. Baumgartner.