Air ball Basketball rule

[MysteryMan]

Ok so I was playing basketball with a bunch of friends and one of them shoots an airball. After shooting the air ball he picks it up without anyone touching the ball and lays it in. We say it's a travel but he says that as long as the ball is going towards the basket, you're allowed to pick it up after missing even if no one touches it. He said it's a new rule the NBA enforced last year or something. I've been looking for it but can't find it any where. Help anyone?

 

[NJNetz]

He's wrong.

 

[Eastoff]

that is a travel. It didn't reset on anything.

 

[Entity]

Definitely no reward for shooting an airball. Once the ball leaves your possession in an upward direction it either touches another player or touches some part of the basket before you can touch it again. Otherwise, turnover.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

He's wrong.

 

[MickZagger]

If it hit the backboard and no rim, he has a case. If it hit nothing, he's wrong.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Hit the ground?

you should have gotten the loose ball!

 

[jlprk]

He was the smartest one there.

 

[THE HCP]

He can get it only if it hits the rim, backboard or ground!

 

[barfo]

He can get it only if it hits the rim, backboard or ground!

Or another player.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

Or another player.

barfo

What if it hits the ref, but not the basket?

What if the player and ball never touched the ground?

What if...
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[bbwtrench]

lol. He got you.

 

[agoo]

Bigger question here, the kid who took advantage of this was the only one saying that the NBA changed the rules and somehow managed to override the opinions of the "bunch of friends" there. How do you let this happen?

 

[huevonkiller]

Give him a hard foul next time. Show him how it's really done in the league when you get called out!

 

[MysteryMan]

Bigger question here, the kid who took advantage of this was the only one saying that the NBA changed the rules and somehow managed to override the opinions of the "bunch of friends" there. How do you let this happen?

Well he's 24 and used to play college ball and of course everyone respects him for that. We all argued about it for like 10 minutes and we just let it go. There were around 15 guys there too and him and some other guy were the only 2 that "supposedly" heard the rule. Whatever not that big of a deal just wanted to make sure. Throwing him to the ground when he goes up for a layup will teach him a lesson to make calls like that

 

[blazerboy30]

He's correct. The NBA did change that rule recently.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Ok so I was playing basketball with a bunch of friends and one of them shoots an airball. After shooting the air ball he picks it up without anyone touching the ball and lays it in. We say it's a travel but he says that as long as the ball is going towards the basket, you're allowed to pick it up after missing even if no one touches it. He said it's a new rule the NBA enforced last year or something. I've been looking for it but can't find it any where. Help anyone?

He can get it only if it hits the rim, backboard or ground!

Looks to me based on the OP that in the scenario described, the ball hit the ground. If that's right, and HCP's post is accurate, then he's OK. So then, that's the question--is an airball fair game after it hits the ground?

 

[THE HCP]

He's correct. The NBA did change that rule recently.

Find that rule for me please........ you can NOT catch your own airball I promise you!

 

[blazerboy30]

Find that rule for me please........ you can NOT catch your own airball I promise you!

The rule was changed. If the ref's rule that the shot was a real and valid shot attempt, you can catch your own airball.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

The rule was changed. If the ref's rule that the shot was a real and valid shot attempt, you can catch your own airball.

Not according to the 2009-2010 NBA rulebook.

Rule No. 10 - Violations. Section XIII - Traveling. Item f. (page 37)

f. A player who attempts a field goal may not be the first to touch the ball if it fails to touch the backboard, basket ring or another player.

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[blazerboy30]

Not according to the 2009-2010 NBA rulebook.

Rule No. 10 - Violations. Section XIII - Traveling. Item f. (page 37)


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Thanks. Perhaps I was thinking of the NCAA?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Thanks. Perhaps I was thinking of the NCAA?

Very possible. The NCAA rulebook says nothing about contact with airballs in the traveling section. In the Double Dribble section, it says:

A player shall not dribble a second time after the player’s first dribble has ended, unless the player subsequently loses control because of:
a. A try for field goal.
b. A bat by an opponent.
c. A pass or fumble that has then touched or been touched by another player

It seems to differentiate between shots and passes that don't touch another player, which suggests that an airball can be retrieved by the shooter in NCAA ball.

 

[huevonkiller]

Thanks for clarifying that PtldPlatypus.

Definitely give him a rough hit, flagrant 1 I'm thinking.

 

[tlongII]

If the ref didn't call it, it obviously was legal.

 

[Eastoff]

So I'm just trying imagine how this worked; how did he manage to not send it out of bounds, but didn't hit the rim or backboard?

 

[Nate4Prez]

Say he throws the ball up and it looks like an air ball, then jumps and grabs it out of the air to dunk it. Like an alley opp to himself. Is that a travel?

 

[Eastoff]

Say he throws the ball up and it looks like an air ball, then jumps and grabs it out of the air to dunk it. Like an alley opp to himself. Is that a travel?

that is breaking the laws of physics!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

So I'm just trying imagine how this worked; how did he manage to not send it out of bounds, but didn't hit the rim or backboard?

It happens quite often. Say you are running at the hoop from one side and air all is short or even long and you just keep running and catch it.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Ok so I was playing basketball with a bunch of friends and one of them shoots an airball. After shooting the air ball he picks it up without anyone touching the ball and lays it in. We say it's a travel but he says that as long as the ball is going towards the basket, you're allowed to pick it up after missing even if no one touches it. He said it's a new rule the NBA enforced last year or something. I've been looking for it but can't find it any where. Help anyone?

Home court makes the rules. Supersedes NBA rules.

Just sayin'

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Say he throws the ball up and it looks like an air ball, then jumps and grabs it out of the air to dunk it. Like an alley opp to himself. Is that a travel?

Travel? That would be just fun to see. A good dunk in rat ball is always fun even when you're the one getting dunked on. It's all the guys who think they can dunk that are annoying.