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Old Sat May 04, 2024, 10:05am
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Previous to 2006-07 (my books only go back to 1996-97), a coach apparently couldn’t “buy” his player back into the game with a timeout if the coach was beckoned and/or came onto the court? Was that actually a “thing”? I thought that a coach always, possibly all the way back to James Naismith and laced basketballs, had the ability ”buy” his player back into the game with a timeout?
I was wrong, off by a year, but still wrong.

Casebook plays from 1996-97 to 2004-05 confirm that a coach couldn’t “buy” his player back into the game with a timeout if the coach was beckoned and/or came onto the court.

Rule changed (timeout exception) in 2005-06.

I'll correct above.
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