How an NBA scorekeeper cooked the books

[PM5K]

Here is the official definition of an assist:

"An assist will be credited to a player tossing the last pass leading directly to a field goal, only if the player scoring the goal responds by demonstrating immediate reaction to the basket."

Personally I think that's a BS description but even if you do go by that the first one obviously isn't an assist, the player receiving the pass made no immediate reaction to the basket.

Having said that, I don't need an "official definition" to tell me what an assist is, if a player has to dribble, pump fake, head fake, and spin in order to make a shot the player that gave him the ball didn't assist him in any way and if you need an "official definition" to tell you that you're a ing idiot.

You seem to have a problem understanding the difference between a pass and an assist.

[PM5K]

OWNED!!!

Thanks BananaHammock for the analysis. Saved me some time indeed

How was I owned when he doesn't even know the definition of an assist? If I went around making up I could own everyone as well. Just because the two of you share the same wrong opinion doesn't mean he owned me.

[Hornets1]

Here is the official definition of an assist:

"An assist will be credited to a player tossing the last pass leading directly to a field goal, only if the player scoring the goal responds by demonstrating immediate reaction to the basket."

Personally I think that's a BS description but even if you do go by that the first one obviously isn't an assist, the player receiving the pass made no immediate reaction to the basket.

Having said that, I don't need an "official definition" to tell me what an assist is, if a player has to dribble, pump fake, head fake, and spin in order to make a shot the player that gave him the ball didn't assist him in any way and if you need an "official definition" to tell you that you're a ing idiot.

You seem to have a problem understanding the difference between a pass and an assist.

How so. The def. BananaHammock gave is the one's that all NBA scorer's go by. So you obviously do need a definition. Doesn't matter whose passing the ball, an assist has a criteria, one that Paul followed in 4 of those 5 plays. I'll take the "actual definition" over "your definition" any day. It's just sad that your trying to argue without any tangible evidence, just "what you think". Oh well.................

[Hornets1]

How was I owned when he doesn't even know the definition of an assist? If I went around making up I could own everyone as well. Just because the two of you share the same wrong opinion doesn't mean he owned me.

You're just forgetting one thing; That BH's definition is the real one. How is he making it up when it is a FACT?

[PM5K]

The def. BananaHammock gave is the one's that all NBA scorer's go by.

You are both wrong, this is the definition of an assist as given by the NBA Director of Game Administration, not some I found on Yahoo or pulled out of my ass:

"An assist is credited to the player tossing the last pass leading directly to a field goal, only if the player scoring the goal responds by demonstrating immediate reaction toward the basket."

It's not the same definition is it smart guy, it doesn't say anything about the amount of dribbles does it?