There are so many rules in basketball that can confuse the average player, from violations to foul calls it can leave us scratching our heads. A common question that often comes up is the throw-in, what is legal and what’s not. Can you score a basket from the throw-in? In basketball, the out-of-bounds is an area … Read more
The backboard in basketball can be considered out of bounds, but do you know all the rules that involve the 6 feet wide and 3 and a half feet tall board? The whole backboard is not considered all inbounds, there are parts of the backboard when the ball hits or crosses, it is considered out … Read more
When it comes to the rules of basketball it can be very confusing, for example, the rules of the NBA are different from the rules of NCAA and the rules of FIBA. Each has its differences in its rules that can make it confusing. To add to that pickup basketball has its own set rules … Read more
Many people often wonder why the NBA has quarters and not halves like college basketball. Or why the NBA uses 12 minute quarters and not 10 or 15 minutes like other professional sports leagues do. Why is a basketball quarter 12 minutes? The birth of the NBA has always seen four, twelve-minute quarters in their … Read more
Ever wonder which team gets the basketball at the start of the quarter or half? Doesn’t it seem confusing as to why a team gets the basketball again when they won the tip? This actually confuses a lot of spectators and even basketball players. It really is simple who gets possession, let me explain. The … Read more
Profanity, sometimes it is a way for players to express themselves on the court and make them feel better temporarily when they make an error is. F***, S***, Wtf are all used in basketball and are accepted. But is swearing allowed during an actual basketball game. Is swearing allowed in basketball? No, the rule books … Read more
A carry in basketball? I didn’t know there’s such a thing. You may not have known what a carry ball is but that isn’t your fault as it doesn’t get called by the referee as often as it did years prior. What is a carry ball? A carry ball in basketball is when a player … Read more
A question that is asked a lot is how many fouls does it take for a player to get ejected from a basketball game, players get ejected for different reasons in basketball, from flagrant to technical fouls there are many ways a player must leave the game. How many personal fouls before ejection in the … Read more
We all watch the NBA or basketball highlights and see a play that leads to dunk, then stop and think how many steps did he take? was that legal. We think the referee missed the call, actually, we know the referee missed the call. So we question ourselves? How many steps is a travel in … Read more
A common offensive foul that I see a lot is the illegal screen, many of us have a hard time understanding why the call was made during the screen. There is more than one reason for an illegal screen that most of us don’t realize. What is an illegal screen in basketball? An illegal screen … Read more