By the book yes. But as it has been stated the acceptable approach is that we blow the whistle get the ball back and start over. Shouldn't punish a team because we were in a rush.

By the way, a little off topic here, but what route is he taking that he needs to cross the free throw line??? Should that maybe say lane line? Another example of a question that could easily be worded much better...

Oh I agree entirely, if its even remotely close I will kill it. I've never once had a coach make any sort of argument that there may have been a violation. Now if its 2 seconds after A1 has it? Too late

Wiggle Room ...
 

Agree 100%.

I think they meant FT line extended.

Well even so, think about the route taken to get to the 3rd spot. Either he's pointlessly walking down the sideline and going to take a 90 degree turn once he gets inside the FT line extended, or he's so far inside the 3 point line that there is no way anyone should've administered the ball in the first place. Just odd.

Interesting discussion. No doubt many of us would blow the play dead and allow the player in with no penalty if we thought we were at fault for not seeing
him. But technically I don't see any provision in the rules for doing so, and that's what I think of the test as being, all about technicalities. And what about all the variables here which are unknown? B3 may have been standing in this same spot behind the free throw shooter all night, but decided at the last split second for whatever reason to step in on this one. I think technically this is false, but in real life it is very often true, and should be. Moreover, I will file it away under BAD QUESTIONS WHICH SHOULD NEVER, EVER APPEAR ON A TEST.

Thanks for the opinions.