# 1 is legal. It is a pass according to the rule book definition. Therefore, there is still team control but not player control. It is the same as the player throwing the ball for one bounce and then catching it, only now it is called a dribble. If the player now dribbles, it is a violation. So in the play described I would consider the play was legal but if the player then dribbled, or repeated the rolling the ball one the floor, it would also be a violation, i.e. a double dribble.
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