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Old Fri Jan 23, 2004, 08:37am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally posted by firedoc
There is another advantage to the calling official administering the free throws: it puts the calling official further away from the bench of the offending team. I believe that this is the best way to handle what is, in all likelihood, a tense and potentially volatile situation.
Hmmm...

If the T is in the first half, then the administering official will be nearly in front of the offending team's bench.

If the T is in the second half, the administering official will be a little farther away (opposite end, same side) than the other official (opposite side, near center court) during the throws, but will be right in front of the bench as soon as the ball goes the other way.

Better, IMHO, to have the calling official handle the throw-in -- opposite side, center court.
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