The average time it takes an NBA player to jump to his maximum is about .3-.4 seconds. The shot itself takes about .15 seconds, preparing yourself for the jump takes at least .2 seconds, meaning that for a robot it would take around .7 seconds to shoot it. Given that Roy is a human and needs time to catch, mentally judge, and given how far he was from the basket (which is taxing both mentally and physically), I would guess he would need at least 1.2 seconds to get off the shot. It might just be one game, but given the ridiculous competitiveness of the Western Conference, we should do everything in our power to reverse the decision.
you are right on the money about the 1.2. if you take a stop watch and time it from when he caught it to when the buzzer went off..it's 1.2!
That shot by Roy doesn't go in 9 times out of 10. It was an off balance 30' rainbow shot. We just got stuck with the 1 time out of 10 it does go in. As soon as he threw it up I thought we had won. It's the kind of shot that you WANT the other team to take with almost no time on the clock. It was just luck that it went in.
last year, they made history by replaying the last minute of a Heat/Hawks game after the home score keeper made a mistake. they fined the home team (Hawks) and replayed the end of the game a month later... and it was the Heat that pushed for the review. if the Rockets believe they were screwed, they should take it up with the league...
