[just another ref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

..... it is still illegal to just enter the court when you have not been in the game.

That was the whole point. He has been in the game. If nobody subbed for him, he's still a player, whether he's on the court or not.

But we know you will not ever act like you have been around people discussing anything that is not always black and white.

True, all rules questions are not black and white, but this one is.