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Originally Posted by tpholt
Two separate situations occurred at a game I was at last night and I was wondering whether their is a basis for the officials actions in the rules (I would hope so, but in an admittedly brief look-through of the rules this morning, I couldn't find any)....
I was sitting directly behind the scorers table and so heard the officials and coaches conversations clearly.
1. Prior to the game, the teams are warming up at their respective ends of the court. One team leaves the court to return to the locker room. The other team then runs several "laps" of full court warmups. Officials Actions: Warned the head coach that this was against the rules and that it needed to stop immediately or a technical foul would be assessed. Is this accurate?
2. Throw in situation along the baseline in a situation where the player is not allowed to run the baseline. Player A1 is given the ball by the official and makes a legal inbounds pass, but remains standing out of bounds for several seconds after the pass. When A1 finally moves to obtain inbounds status, the official calls a violation and possession is given to team B. Officials response to Head Coach of Team A was "He didn't make a move soon enough and just stood there". Is there anywhere in the rules that stipulates that the throw-in player must make an immediate effort to return inbounds or that there is a time limit?
Thanks for the help.
Tony
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#1. Officials were correct. Players are not allowed to run laps around the opponents end of the court during warmups.
#2. Officials were partially correct. By rule, the action should have been a technical foul, if the official determined they delayed returning intentionally.
Rule 10-3
A player shall not:
ART. 2
Purposely and/or deceitfully delay returning after legally being out of bounds.