Basketball rules

1. Basketball Rules
And other things

2. How many rules?
• 8 rules
• 50 articles
– Equipment
– Facilities
– Team regulations
– Players and captains
– Coaches
– Playing regulations
– Violations, fouls and penalties
– Officials (referees and table officials)
– Special situations

3. How many rules originally?

4. What did the original miss?
• Nothing about substitutes
• No time restrictions
• No dribbling
• No free-throws

5. Substitutes
• Teams sometimes had up to 50 players
• 5-player limit in 1900.
• No substitutes and no re-entry
• Then:
– Once from 1921.
– Twice from 1934.
– Unlimited from 1945.

6. Time restrictions
• None
• Ten-second restriction from 1933.
– Eight-second restriction from 2000.
• Three-second restriction from 1936.
– For offensive players
• Three-second restriction from 2001.
– For defensive players

7. Time restrictions
• Shot clock introduced by the NBA in 1954.
• Shot clock introduced by FIBA in 1956.
– Originally, it was 30 seconds
– Changed to 24 seconds in 2000.
• Reset when the ball touches the rim/hoop

8. Dribbling
• From 1901, you could bounce the ball 1 time
• From 1909, you could do it unlimited number
of times
• Held ball from 1931.
– 5 seconds

9. Free throws
• 4 situations award you free-throws
1. When shooting
2. When in team bonus situation
• Four in FIBA
• Five in NBA
3. Technical fouls (doctor, coach, player)
4. Flagrant foul

10. Free throws
In 1956, NCAA adopted a
“special” rule
“Free throw shooters shall
keep both feet behind the
free throw line during an
attempt”

11. Hack-a-Shaq
Foul the worst free-throw
shooter, for example
• Shaq
• Dwight Howard
• DeAndre Jordan
• Andre Drummond

12. Jump Ball
• After every goal
• Eliminated in 1938.
• Quarter-possession from 1975.
– Loser starts the second and third
– Winner starts the fourth period

13. WEIRD RULES

14. Shattering The Backboard is a
technical foul

15. No logos allowed, except for shoes

16. Standing for the anthem

17. No double zeroes

18. Road Team Chooses Opening Basket

19. Ten seconds to shoot the free-throw

20. When you foul out, but not really

21. 18 days of rest

22. No Out Of Bounds Screens

23. No Timberlands on NBA business

24. Anti Lebron Shirts Banned

25. Banned Shoes (Besides Air Jordan 1)

26. Disaster Draft