I once watched tracy Murray. . . yes that tracy murray. Shoot from half court and make about half his shots. Then he went to the other foul line and hit 3 out of 10. Saying, if you play where I do you have to be able to shoot from anywhere. Now I also was watching a college game where a kid hit a shot from beyond half court. The next day the sports guy on a local telivison show asked if he could do it agian. He hit 5 of 10. Any way you are slicing it. If shaq hit a three it would be luck, but should that count for less; even though he is taking a shot that reggie miller makes all the time. The guy is trying to put the hole in the bucket, no matter how he does it, it should count for the points its worth
My whole point is that a player is rewarded with an extra point if his heave goes in. I would like to see that changed to where shots beyond a certain distance are worth 2 points and not 3. In order to avoid having more lines on the court, simply use the mid court line as the dividing line (although I'd like to see a line about 6 feet beyond the top of the arc as the dividing line). No team draws up plays for 40 foot shots that they use on a routine basis.
So in your theory if a team is down by 3 with 1.5 seconds to play the game would pretty much be over. Where is the excitement in that? I do agree with RM95 on the Ft's they should only be given if the foul is pretty horrendous.
On Channel 1 (school news), the play of the week is a girls team down by three hitting a buzzer beater trey and getting fouled. She hits the free throw to win. 3 years ago, we had an all around great shooter Carlos Rocha and we were playing district favorite Sharyland. We were down by two, time running out and Carlos took the 3 point shot and missed, but was fouled violently...knocked down and almost started a brawl. Our player got up and composed himself. The refs cleared the court and with no time on the clock, drained all three free throws for a very emotional win!!! It wasn't a flagrant, he was contesting the shot, but it was definitely a hard foul.
Well, the clock doesn't start until someone on the court touches the ball. So, teams would -- like they do now anyway -- try to heave down court to someone a bit closer to the 3-point line to try and take the shot.
Yep, If I were playing under those rules > I would put one guy in the back court so they would not roll it in, and man up on anyone past the midline. Then I would put anyone that is not manned up on anyone at the midline to pick up anyone that runs across it.
ok.. i got a question!!!!!! If the ball hits the side of the backboard is it out???? because i have seen both calls. and im guessing if the ball hits the top of the backboard its still in play am i right?? so is the rule, *only if the ball is behind the backboard, then its out* ?? lol im confused.
That is how I understand it, basically as long as it doesn't bounce behind the backboard or hit the shot clock it is playable. So both the top and side are legal.
All edges are in bounds unless they come in contact with anything else...not really a problem on the side, but on the top edge, it the ball hits a cable or pipe, it's out of play. Back of board is out.
Also of note on that if the ball hits the top and rolls to the rear of the goal, I believe it is out. Generally if that happens it hits something on the back but it is possible to roll over the top and fall straight down to the floor without hitting anything. If that happens the ball is ruled out.
oh ok, thanks for clearing that up.. because im always arguing to my friends or the people i play with on some pick-up games...everytime it hits the sides, they rule it out even though its not out.. but o wellz. lol not that we hit the ball on the side a lot of course...
I am 19. How do I coach kids? I feel the need to scream at little kids, and tell that they don't have a future in the NBA and stuff.
I think it was the original NBA Live game for the Super Nintendo had some guy that was able to dunk from the side 3 point line as his "special dunk," because he was rumored to have been able to do it in college. Does anybody remember who that player was? I don't.
I'm going to discuss him and Robert Horry! I went to a Rockets game back in '95 and remember going to shoot arounds before the game and watching both these guys jack up half court shots flat-footed and make almost every one. I kept thinking...if only you could learn that as your signature shot, you would be unstoppable in a game!
