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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Originally posted by blewthat
but Rule 3.3.5
A player who has been injured to the extent that the coach or any other bench personnel is beckoned and/OR comes onto the court shall be directed to leave the game, unless a time out is requested by and granted to his/her team and the situation can be corrected by the end of the timeout.
which indicates to me that a coach can come on the floor when unbeckoned, am I reading that wrong?
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Well, your reading is fine, but you are understanding it incorrectly. The coach or other bench personnel MUST be beckoned or it is a technical foul. 10-4-2 is quite clear about that.
The OR part simply means that the player must still be directed to leave the game even if the coach comes out without being beckoned and is thus charged with a T.
You see? The coach can't run out there without being beckoned, take the T, and try keep his player in the game. That is why the word OR is in the rule.
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While this is the rule, I've never seen a T issued for it (if there's any chance that the player is injured) and I've never seen a coach try to get a better shooter in by claiming that a player is injured.
If the defense is really "going for the ball" and makes a reasonable (as ooposed to "hard") foul, the chances of a player being injured are small.
If you suspect a coach of doing this, write the state.