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Old Thu Oct 25, 2007, 04:41am
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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Originally Posted by rainmaker
He never became a player. If substitutes come onto the court at a substitution opportunity (dead ball), they become players when the ball becomes live, even if there are too many of them. A bench personnel just running onto the court at a random time isn't too many players. At least that would be my interp.


A team can never have six players. Five is the maximum. However, there can be six team members participating simultaneously. If you look at the rule, you will notice that it uses "team members" and says "more than five".
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