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Originally Posted by jdw3018
I agree with Snaqwells. My interpretation is that 'entering the court' would be a player stepping into the action from the bench or running onto the court to celebrate/complain or anything other than becoming a legitimate player.
A player going onto the court to replace another player is a substitute not being beckoned in my book.
That said, I can also see a point of view that any player who comes directly from the bench to the court without attempting to check in falls into the former category.
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Once he left the court he became bench personnel and was not eligible to return until time had run off the clock, so he is not a legal substitute. From the OP's description he simply rushed back onto the court - didn't report to the table or wait for anything. IMHO this would make it a bench technical.