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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3796473, member: 1131"] So it looks like we have a few more days to kill before the next game. So, inspired by the thread on the step-back / traveling rule, let me ask a question about another rule: the 3-second rule. I am motivated to do this because when I look in the official rulebook cited in SVCBeercats's post in that thread, it doesn't say what I expected it to say. My understanding of the 3-second rule had always been that an offensive player cannot be in the lane for more than 3 consecutive seconds [I][B]without his/her team taking a shot[/B][/I]. But that is not what the official rule says. Instead, it says that the only time a player can stay for more than 3 seconds is if that player is in motion to attempt his/her own shot. This immediately raises some questions (two specifically) about how this rule would apply in common situations. [LIST=1] [*]Suppose Liv has been in the lane for 2 seconds trying to position herself for a post entry pass, and Paige decides to launch a shot from the 3-point line or beyond. Is Liv obligated (in order to avoid a 3-second turnover) to vacate the lane while the shot is in the air, thereby depriving herself of any realistic chance for an offensive rebound? Shouldn't the 3-second count stop as soon as her teammate's shot is launched? [*]Suppose a shot is missed and there is a major scrum under the basket for the rebound. Two offensive rebounders and one or two defensive rebounders are contending for the rebound. An offensive player grabs the rebound and attempts a putback shot, which misses. The other offensive player grabs that rebound and tries another putback, also unsuccessful. These two putback shots consume more than 3 seconds. Has a 3-second violation occurred? If so, I've never seen it called in that situation. As long as putback shots are being attempted, anyone can be in the lane for as long as the ball is on the rim. If that were not the case, the offensive team would be severely disadvantaged in its ability to get rebounds, since anyone who didn't actually get the rebound and put a shot back up would violate the rule. Moreover, if an offensive player grabbed one of these rebounds and kicked it out to a teammate, that would be a violation of the 3-second rule. [/LIST] Are these just more examples of where the game as called in practice differs from the rulebook? Or is there some other provision of the rules that is not covered by what I see on Page 85 of the rulebook? [/QUOTE]

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