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Expert: - 9/22/2008


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want to tryout for my schools basketball team but i just recently broke my middle right finger, the hand i shoot with. I have mallet finger and i know i would've made the team if i didn't get the injury. I'm allowed to take off the splint probably around the time tryouts come. Should i just tape it up hard and play with it? If i injure it again i might have to get surgery. The problem is i'm a sophmore and next year i'll be a junior and they don't put juniors on jv and it will be really hard to make varsity next year.  

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Hi Luke,

I think this is a better question for your doctor. I wouldn't want to give you advice to try out, and then you injure yourself again. Talk to the doctor and your coach. Taping it up would probably do the job, but this is a medical question.

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My expertise is in the art of Officiating Basketball and I can answer questions pertaining to basketball rules; youth level through CIF High School, NCAA college and NBA rules as well. I can either help define a specific rule for you, or interpret a specific rule to clarify how other officials and I view and call the game.

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I have been a Basketball Official now for over 19 years, officiating at all levels. I have attended numerous training camps throughout the years in an attempt to constantly become a better official. I have been evaluated by top Officiating organizations and I've had the honor of being selected to officiate at the highest levels including former Division 1 College and NBA players.

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