Would the Spurs last shot counted???

That rule was written long before Derek Fisher did anything in this league.

 

I thought if when it's released from the hands and the backboard isn't red it counts, the refs cannot wave it off, only league officials can...

 

Awesome idea

 

I read somewhere NBA introduced this rule a couple of years ago. You need 0.3 s to get the ball out of your hand. If you catch and then shoot, it's too late. So only a tip in will be counted.

 

You mean a tip in? You have to touch the ball tough.

 

exactly.....same thing portland did.............

 

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Nope, they had .8

 

Actually it's the Trent Tucker rule if you want to give it a name. At MSG (of course), he hit a game-winning catch and shoot for the Knicks against the Bulls with 0.1 seconds left many many years ago.

I don't think you can compare this to Brandon Roy's shot because 0.8 seconds is longer than 0.3.

 

i think it was .6 before, i think it was craig hodges who hit a 3 with .6 sec during a playoff game, and the NBA ruled .6 was minimum to catch and shoot...so it's officially .4 now?

 

it's called the Trent Tucker rule and it has been around since 1990.

and by definition it would count.

there has to be at least three tenths of a second for a catch and shoot

 

Still that Roy catches the ball at mid court, back to the basket half way, twisted his body while leaving the ground, and then the release.

But that shot was amazing.

 

humm, maybe that's who it was, i'm not sure why i thought of Hodges and 0.6 sec left, but the NBA did rule after that it hads to be .6, right?

 

Yes. You have to touch the ball otherwise it's a violation.

 

yeah a lot of confusion with this rule, which tends to happen when refs have unwritten rules...

 

winner, thanks for clarifying..

 

and di anyone notice how much time ran off after Scola got fouled? I thought i saw the clock keep running after, weird since it wasn't a home game.

 

this is not an unwritten rule.

there are guidelines in place and .6 has nothing to do with any of them

http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_l.html?nav=ArticleList

 

i wasn't refering to that specifically, i knew there was a set rule for it i just got the time wrong, i meant unwritten rules in general.

 

Good proposal.

The problem is more technical in lot of situations, except for those in Utah. The whistle is blew, it took some time for the clock guy to hear it, and then press the button. This gives a lot of leer way to the clock guy, when we are dealing with less than a second here.
Now I will say this, most of the time, the clock guy always start the clock late whether the home team or away home takes the last shout. I have yet to see an away team complains the clock before the whistle is blown.
Remember the Fisher .6 shot, that happened at Spurs home court, and the clock guy started clock late.
Put differently, when extra .5, .6 seconds matter, the inaccuracy of current clock mechanism should not be allowed in. If the league decides to be picky about what sort of shots are allowed under 1 second, it needs to come up with a more accurate way to measure that less than 1 second time than now. Otherwise, it is hypocritical on the league's part to say the least.