[assignmentmaker]

We all agree, maybe, that, under 7-5-7 a teammate of the thrower-inner, after a made basket, may be out of bounds.

But what, if anything, is authorized, or prohibited, about the circumstances of re-entry?

In the case I suggested to you earlier, there is an imperative about re-entry in operation: "Though Shalt Come Directly Onto The Court." Yet, as I pointed out, a player could be unduly delayed in doing so if not allowed to step around an obstructionist defender. Is it anywhere elaborated that the player coming in, given the choice, must take the shorter (if only slightly so) path, however disadvantageous? I don't think so.

Now imagine that defender B1 is guarding A1 and is moved over 1-player width, so that A2 in actually in front of A1, and the shorter path is now to step around teammate A2. Further, what if B1 is oriented so that a line drawn between his or her feet is perpendicular to the boundary line? Is this suddenly a foul, an illegal screen, or . . . is the matter moot before we even get to that, because of a violation?

If there is a violation, is it a violation of:

1. of the throw-in, if the thrower-inner steps out the spot to either side in order to come inbounds BEFORE the ball has been touched on the court and the throw-in ends?

2. or, presuming the ball is touched in-bounds, of the requirement to come directly back inbounds after leaving the court for an authorized reason, as in "My momentum made me do it?"

This stuff happens, and generally, nobody notices. You can win a lot of games with smart players. Historically, gaps in the rules, where unbridged by interpretation, provide advantages have been explored and exploited by coaches since coaches were invented (oh treacherous day).

Neither the new rules nor any interpretation, addresses whether or not the obstruction of a A2 being on his/her chosen spot on the floor is a screen when the beneficiary is coming in from out of bounds.

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