The umpire should have made the players take them off. A player is not allowed to were anything that would be deemed as dangerous to any other player as well as there one self (see rule 4.3 Uniforms and 4.4 other equipment)

4.4.2 Players shall not wear equipment (objects) that may cause injury to other players.

" The following are not permitted:
¬ Finger, hand, wrist, elbow or forearm guards, casts or braces made of leather, plastic, pliable (soft) plastic, metal or any other hard substance, even if covered with soft padding.

¬ Objects that could cut or cause abrasions (fingernails must be closely cut).

¬ Headgear, hair accessories and jewellery.

FIBA International basketball (2004) "Official Basketball Rule" as viewed at http://www.basketball.net.au/_uploads/res/1_23577.pdf As approved by FIBA Central Board

Phil Smyth had to get FIBA and NBL approval to once play with his arm in a cast.

I dont get what the difference is between sweat bands and baller bands.

I am just as likely toget my finger caught in a sweat band as a id band. Sweat bands are ok though?

Trendwhore Central?

Now that is a town I'd like to visit!

Where's KB? He broke a finger in a similar incident (or so I'm told).

Yeah its the reffs responsibility to keep the games safe, they have to tell people to get rid of jewelery and this should be the same for wristbands, i mean they are only there to make you look good anyway.

Why make the game unneccasarily dangerous. If you want to wear them, don't wear them to basketball.

I don't actually see why you can't wear them, like #71185 said, you have more of a chance of getting an injury from running up the court than getting your finger stuck in a tiny gap between a players wrist and band.
If people are worried about getting hurt from that, then how can you get yourself out on the court with the chance of breaking your wrist from being knocked over, pulling a hammy from doing a lay-up, doing your shoulder from getting your arm knocked beackwards, spraining your ankle from any position on the court, etc?

Some rules don't make sense. They are just the rules

there are others which are a bit strange

as long as we are talking about rules, i would like to add a comment, i think its great that we are hiring lots of young umpires but what isnt great is having two inexperienced green shirted umps that dont have experience and know where to stand on the court, in a game i coached last night i saw three or four times a palyer step out of bounds but becasue the umpire didnt get himself to a good position to see it he did not call it. i think that positioning yourself on the court as a umpire is terrible in general at the moment in club basketball.

random chuck norris fact

Chuck Norris doesn't tea-bag, he potato-sacks.

Hey Chuck - Are you a player/umpire/parent????
My guess is Parent

Why don't you grab a whistle and help out.

It's a numbers game, the reason there are two green shirts is because there are not enough people in Sa, prepared to put there balls on the line and blow the whistle

what exactly is the point of these 'baller id bands' ? is it meant to improve your game? or just a gay fashion trend? its a bit of rubber for frucks's sake. its a god damn sport not a fashion contest. ban the bands on court!!!

As long as their nails were cut and they had their pockets turned out...

A few years ago there was a player on court with a rubber band around his wrist. When asked to take it off he replied that it was a training tool. He said that whenever he missed a shot or made a bad pass he flicked the rubber band on his wrist.
I was told that the original id band was the "Live Strong" charity band for cancer.
I don't know how it made the jump from charity to basketball trend but some people have said that it may be something along the lines of the rubber band thing.
Not really sure but I think they look ridiculous on court anyway.