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Originally Posted by McMac
4-35-2 states:
"When a player is touching the backcourt, out of bounds or the three-point line, the player is located in the backcourt, out of bounds or inside the three-point line, respectively."
That gives the answer clear as day. He is not touching out of bounds, therefore he was in-bounds.
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Almost, but not quite. Because 4-35-3 states that "the location of an airborne player. . . is the same as at the time such player was last in contact with the floor. . ."
So if the player was last in contact with the floor out of bounds and jumps, he's not inbounds simply because he's no longer touching out of bounds. He continues to be out of bounds until some part of him is touching the court inbounds.
I think you probably already know this. I'm just over-clarifying.