I admit you have me in a little bit of a logic trap. But I don't care. Rules and referee-wise it would be way easier to administrate from the court an outright ban on the ball joint or a demand that you stop dragging and take a purposeful shot, than to determine if a shuffle was meant as a shot on goal.

The only way I see around the issue would be to say something like, no matter how it came, it can only count as a goal from inside the blue line or half court or where ever. But not everyone plays on a court with lines. So that's another nightmare right there. And it's a dumb idea.

The best solution (IMHO) is to make a ruling on the ball joint. Banned? Shuffle, not a shot? Allowed?