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On the 7 second situation, Marty, I must disagree with your interpretation.
If the ball is thrown so that it will come down on the court, and the throw is made prior to the five second count, it does not matter that the ball is thrown a mile high to get down to the court, IMO. Certainly there is nothing that dictates the trajectory of the throw-in. Just that the ball be released onto the court. Certainly there are many deep passes that have high trajectories. I guess you can talk about spirit of the rules, but it does not seem illegal on face value to me.
If the ball is released straight up so that it would remain behind the OOB line, that is a different situation than was described and there would be a violation.
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