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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Ladies and Gentlemen: PLEASE!! READ THE RULES BOOK!!
I will only reference the NFHS rules, but the NCAA Mens/Womens and FIBA rules books agree.
R7-S5-A7: After a goal or awarded goal as in R7-S4-A3, the team not credited with the score shall make the throw-in from the end of the court where the goal was made and from any point outside the end line.
.. Any player of the team may make a direct throw-in or he/she may pass the ball along the end line to a teammate(s) outside the boundary line.
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As long as he returns to this designated area to make the actual throw in, I see nothing in this rule that says he can't go out and run around the block in the meantime.
If this were part of some elaborate scheme that I can't even imagine it would be one thing. But in a case like this where a bad pass causes the ball to go astray, or if a player jumps out to make a quick pass downcourt and fumbles the ball into a "dead zone" in the corner, if the 5 second count allows enough time for a recovery and a return to the legal area for the release of the throw-in, as far as I can see, this is a legal play.