Muffed pass, plain and simple.. The player is allowed to pick it up and pass or shoot, but cannot dribble again. The key thing in this particular situation was that he tried to pass the ball , muffed it, and the (ball was on the floor!!) Obviously no player can catch their own pass, provided the ball is still in the air from the original release. Once a player passes the ball or tries to, and the ball then contacts the floor or any part of the legal court, that player is allowed to retreive it.
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