[bc7]

Hey everyone,
I have a quick question that I'd love to get your opinion on. During a time out is it OK to place the basketball on the floor at a certain spot depending on what happened during the time out?

I know this is something that is done in the NBA at every timeout, and I'm sure I follow NBA refs to closely for what I'm doing (high school, NFHS), but I do like this idea for a couple of reasons:

1- I get sweaty. Especially late in the game I feel like I am putting too much moisture on the ball. I do whatever I can to wipe off the ball before the inbound, but I would like to just grab it and go.

2- I think it would help both myself and my partner, as well as the team know what is going to happen after the timeout. Obviously we all SHOULD know that, but that doesn't always happen, especially when working with inexperienced officials.

Thoughts?