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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
If he conducts his TO, he must do so within the area. There's nothing that requires him to do so, however. He can send his players out onto the court at any point, as long as they all return at approximately the same time.
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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer
There's nothing that says the players have to be there if the coach isn't conducting the timeout. Envision the situation where one of the teams, during a timeout, finishes early and wants to resume play early. They'll head to the court early and there's no penalty in doing so.
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Disagree. If what you say were true, the players could be in the other team's timeout area. And I think you'll agree that they can't be there. Since the only distinctions are the indicated timeout areas, the players need to be in them during a timeout whether the timeout is being utilized or not.