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Originally posted by Camron Rust
If were are talking about a throwin after a made basket, then a teammate of the thrower can, by rule, legally be OOB along the endline where the throwin is occuring.
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Yes but the obvious purpose of that is to receive a pass on the OOB side of the line. Setting a screen is not that situation and if he received a pass with one foot in and the other OOB... we've got a throw-in violation, ball to the other team.
In fact, didn't we have a clarification this year that a throw-in must be from completely OOB - one foot in one foot out is not allowed?
Don't know that I like the new foot-out-of-bounds rule (I would have a very difficult time calling a block, if I felt the dribbler, and I hate to use the word intentionally, so let's say with deliberateness, created the contact). The new rule/clarification however, doesn't leave much room for discussion. I think the only lattitude an official has is to either see the foot OOB or to "not notice its OOB placement." And with that you may be on a sinking boat because somebody else, like the coach who is 5 feet from the collision, DOES NOTICE the OOB placement and wants the proper call to be made.... independent of deliberateness or intent.
A screener OOB is a new twist but I'm inclined to go along with the premise that play must take place inside the lines.