Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:33 pm
EGarrett wrote:Well, you can only rebound a missed shot. And a shot, by the rule book, is when a player attempts to throw the ball into the basket. If you don't actually attempt to throw the ball into the basket (i.e. intentionally missing), then it doesn't count as a shot and you don't get a rebound.
That's why Ricky Davis didn't get credit for his triple-double stunt.
True, but it comes down to the statistician's point of view, at least in part. After all, a skilled shooter should be able to make an intentional miss look like a legitimate attempt at the basket, while placing it in a position to snare the rebound...though I suppose given the circumstances, the NBA might overrule it on principle since the strategy would be pretty transparent.