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You use other rules to cover this situation- namely R4-4-7(c), R8-5-2 & case book play 4.42.3. The key words in all of those are "placed at the disposal". Rule 7-6 sez that a throw-in starts when "the ball is at the disposal of a player of the team entitled to the throw-in", and R9-2-4 sez that you get 5 seconds to release the ball on a throw-in pass after the throw-in starts.
Put 'em all together and.......Voila!
The only thing that you have to watch for on this play is that the guard going over to chat with the coach didn't go OOB first at the throw-in spot. That woulda made him the "designated thrower", and he would subsequently be the only player on his team to be allowed to make a legal throw-in.
Hope that ain't too confusing.....
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