Yes, this is a violation for the reasons mentioned...the dribble ended when the dribbler caught the ball to hand it off and the dribbler's exception evaporated at that instant.
That said, the trail, who generally had excellent position, had no hope of being able to see the status of the ball at the key moment due to looking through the back of of Black #5. With a single defender and a simple hand-off that, while it was a screen, it wasn't a traditional screen, I wouldn't have expected the C to be helping on that play.
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