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Originally posted by Dennis Nicely
Nothing like a holiday in the middle of winter to get the basketball bulletin board heated up. Here is my second post for the day and I think I am going to do a third here in a few minutes. I was officiating a sophomore game this past weekend when the following occurred and I have been thinking about it ever since: (I know the coaches would be surprised that we think)
Team A has possession of ball in front court. A1 passes ball to A2. While pass is in the air B1 deflects the ball (still in the air - out of bounds). B2 (in bounds) leaves floor to retrieve ball, grabs ball then lands out of bounds. Before his feet reach the floor out of bounds, he signals a time out. I called an out of bounds violation on Team B. I believe a time out can only be called during a dead ball or during a live ball when you have team control. In this case did Team A's control cease when player B2 grabbed the ball out of bounds on his way to the floor? If so, I goofed.
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Yep - you goofed. B2 has player control, therefore team B has team control. B2 was last in contact with the floor inbounds, making his status inbounds. "He is where he was until he gets to where he was going." Player control is defined as holding or dribbling a live ball inbounds. That's what B2 was doing. Under NF rules (and I hope it never gets changed), a player in player control can request and legally be granted a timeout as they fall OOB.
I feel that if a player wants to trade a turnover for a timeout, that's their choice. I always think it's a smart play, depending on the game situation, of course.