[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I'm pretty sure that the interpretation, especially in the first year, was that if a player/team called a timeout during a live ball clock running situation (player control, dribbling or holding) in the front court (back court added the second year) that the subsequent throwin would be from one of the four (or eight) closest premarked designated spots, not the spot closest to where the ball was when the timeout was originally requested and granted (as we did for the past century).

This whistle was not due to a foul or a violation, the new rule in its simplest form, but is nevertheless a stoppage in play (like a held ball, or inadvertent whistle) that requires the subsequent throwin to be at one of the four (or eight) closest premarked designated spots.

Note, I'm not talking about a timeout requested and granted during the five seconds during an ongoing live ball (clock stopped) throwin subsequent to an out of bounds violation, nor a time out requested and granted immediately after a whistle (stopping the clock) for an out of bounds violation. I believe that these all go back to the original out of bounds throwin spot.

Could someone please confirm or deny.

Yes, that last paragraph, the next throw-in goes back to the original spot where the timeout was called or granted. That has always been the case, even with the new rule.

Peace