[grunewar]

Originally Posted by PSidbury

So, let me get this straight: If the thrower in-bounding the ball fumbles and the ball falls and touches floor the in-bounds, the thrower is allowed to quickly reach over line (feet staying out of bounds) and recover the ball to continue with a pass in-bounds.

Because, it was a fumble.

1) What if the thrower had stepped in-bounds to retrieve the fumble, but then steps back to intial out-of-bounds spot to make the pass?

or;

2) What if, after the thrower fumbles and the ball falls to the floor in-bounds, a defender standing there picks up the ball and dribbles away...?
And the thrower screams, "But, I fumbled it, I didn't pass it!"

Thanks,
Paul

I'm probably not explaining this well, but, don't overcomplicate this by confusing the ball legally entering the court vs the ball being fumbled by a thrower and remaining out of bounds.

If A1 is out of bounds and fumbles it out of bounds, he can recover it and legally pass it in. If its a spot foul, and the ref may have mishanded the ball, I believe the ref can blow it dead and re-hand or re-bounce A1 the ball. If A1 mishandles the ball out of bounds after a basket while running the endline, he can pick it up and pass it in w/in 5 seconds.

In 1, If A1 is out of bounds and fumbles the ball onto the court and steps on the court to recover it as you suggest, and then steps out of bounds. Tweet. Violation.

In 2, again, if A fumbles onto the court and B1 recovers it and dribbles away....oh well, lesson learned for A1. No violation. IMO.