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Message: [QUOTE="Centerstream, post: 3446950, member: 7951"] Palming and Carrying the ball seems to be pretty common in WBB nowadays. The complete disregard for basic rules by referees and coaches is the main reason that I stopped watching all men's basketball many, many years ago. Another "This and that" that I want to throw out. Either raise the basket to 12 or 13 feet for men's Olympic, Professional and Collegiate teams or change the scoring: any shot that is released in a downward motion (dunks) from within 2 feet of the rim is only worth 1 point, all other scoring remains the same. Bottom line, don't ban dunking just don't score it like an actual shot. Dr. Naismith invented the game with the intent that a player scores by lobbing the ball into the basket and he probably never envisioned a 6foot tall man being able to dunk, which seems commonplace nowadays. [/QUOTE]