What is NBA's 3/10th of a second-rule? does this apply in the Olympics?

Question

when was it conceived? how many instances or games has this rule been actually implemented with success?

does this also apply in the Olympics?

Answer 1

is that the allowable length of time for catch and shoot?

Answer 2

i dont care, stop askin these stupid @$$ questions!!

Answer 3

The "3/10th of a second rule" is a rule in which if the player gets an inbound pass and shoots the ball, he must've executed it before .3 seconds left for the shot to be counted. This rule was developed and named after a Knicks player named Trent Tucker, and is commonly referred to as the Trent Tucker Rule.

The reason for this was an incident during a Chicago Bulls/New York Knicks game. The teams were tied 106 to 106 and the Knicks had the ball with .1 seconds left. They passed it to Trent Tucker who amazingly pulled off a shot and made it to win the game, this cause a lot of controversy and the Bulls tried to make a protest of the NBA, it was disallowed.

Rod Thorn was the only person who sided with the Bulls and decided to prove that it would take at least .3 seconds to take a shot, and he succeeded, therefore Stern made the rule. I know of only one occurance that someone won a game with .1 seconds left. On December 20, 2006, New York Knicks forward David Lee scored a game-winning basket with only .1 left on the clock. The shot counted because Lee deflected in the inbounds pass into the basket. This was the first occurrence of a team winning an NBA game with 00.1 left since Trent Tucker, and coincidentally from the same team, the New York Knicks. Furthermore, this took place after the NBA adopted the Precision Time Systems unit, where officials, not the timer, start the clock.

The rule is only enforced in the NBA, there is no such rule in the FIBA Rule Book.

Answer 4

A player can only have their middle finger up for 3/10 second. It was never implemented and yes, it applies to the Olympics.