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Originally Posted by crosscountry55
I would even go so far as to say that bench personnel become players when the ball becomes live to start the first quarter. Just as they do when the ball becomes live following any other (extra) period following an intermission ...
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Interesting interpretation.
6-1-2: The ball becomes live when: a. On a jump ball, the tossed ball leaves the official’s hand(s). b. On a throw-in, it is at the disposal of the thrower. c. On a free throw, it is at the disposal of the free thrower.
But I'm not quite sure that crosscountry55's interesting interpretation matches the definition of a player.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
4-34-1: Players/ Bench Personnel/ Substitutes/ Team Members: A player is one of five team members who are legally on the court at any given time, except intermission.
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Also not sure that something that happens "
before" the game can be considered to be an
inter-mission.
Inter - Word-forming element used freely in English, "between, among, during," from Latin inter "among, between, betwixt, in the midst of" (also used extensively as a prefix).
Simply put, five players are on the court, bench personnel are on the bench.
Of course, it's much more complicated than that, especially when it comes to indirect technical fouls (the theme of this thread), but it's a good starting point