[just another ref]

Originally Posted by SMEngmann

I agree with your interpretation of the rule, but disagree that the infraction should be ignored. According to the OP, A1 picked up the ball and threw it toward B. In this situation I think we have to have a technical foul as the act of picking up the ball and throwing it I don't think can be ignored, and it clearly interfere's with team A's efforts to make a throw in.

If he picked it up and threw it 100 miles an hour, I could see a T, but I picture him tossing it in his opponent's direction, just as it might happen at any other time in the game without incident, so I go along with ignoring it.