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Does anyone think Yao is the most overrated player in the league?
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<p>YES. He's the one of the softest players I've ever seen. You'd think he's learned to take advantage of his 7'6'' frame and grab more than a pathetic 8.2 rebounds per game.</p>
<p>hes just soft an needs to get stronger thats all:)</p>
<p>He's been in the league for 3 years. Most players should be starting to learn how to utilize that kind of body size and become more aggressive. Yao, on the other hand, is back to rookie-year rebounding/game stats</p>
<p>athlon, i've been watching chicago; they're fun to watch. THe most recent game i saw was them against the spurs. It was a close game</p>
<p>Did you listen to the commentary on abc during the rockets game this morning? They said that Yao has to go against the very ideals he was brought up w/ in China to play in the NBA because there he was taught that everyone was a friend and that it was not right to dunk on an opponent because it was an act of shame or somewhere along those lines (this was said awhile ago though, not during the game itself). That would explain Yao's softness on the court, but why is he so tired after playing so few minutes? Too little stamina for the NBA. Anyways, no suprise that they whooped a Nowitzky-less Mavericks today. What I didn't expect was how easily the Kings beat the Pistons today.</p>
<p>i liked webber so i hate the kings now for trading him!!</p>
<p>Do you support the Sixers now?</p>
<p>no.. still like my suns and the kings ( cant change favoritism accdg to aplayer can I ? :))</p>
<p>lebron is the best player to ever play the game of basketball. well hes going to be (yes i said it-->lebron is better than mj)
spurs are going to win it-->tim duncan is the most fundamental player in the game and the spurs have the best team chemistry and is one of the best defensive teams in the nba</p>
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Section VII-Offensive Three-Second Rule
a. An offensive player shall not remain for more than three seconds in that part of his free throw lane between the endline and extended 4' (imaginary) off the court and the farther edge of the free throw line while the ball is in control of his team.
b. Allowance may be made for a player who, having been in this area for less than three seconds, is in the act of shooting at the end of the third second. Under these conditions, the 3-second count is discontinued while his continuous motion is toward the basket. If that continuous motion ceases, the previous 3-second count is continued.
c. The 3-second count shall not begin until the ball is in control in the offensive team's frontcourt. No violation can occur if the ball is batted away by an opponent.
PENALTY: Loss of ball. The ball is awarded to the opposing team at the sideline at the free throw line extended.</p>
<p>Section VIII-Defensive Three-Second Rule
a. The count starts when the offensive team is in control of the ball in the front-court.
b. Any defensive player, who is positioned in the 16-foot lane or the area extending 4 feet past the lane endline, must be actively guarding an opponent within three seconds. Actively guarding means being within arms length of an offensive player and in a guarding position.
c. Any defensive player may play any offensive player. The defenders may double-team any player.
d. The defensive three-second count is suspended when: (1) there is a field goal attempt, (2) there is a loss of team control, (3) the defender is actively guarding an opponent or (4) the defender completely clears the 16-foot lane.
e. If the defender is guarding the player with the ball, he may be located in the 16-foot lane. This defender is not required to be in an actively guarding/arms dis-tance position. If another defender actively guards the player with the ball, the original defender must actively guard an opponent or exit the 16-foot lane. Once the offensive player passes the ball, the defender must actively guard an opponent or exit the 16-foot lane.
PENALTY: A technical foul shall be assessed. The offensive team retains pos-session at the free throw line extended. The shot clock shall remain the same as when play was interrupted or reset to 14 seconds, whichever is greater.</p>