Throw-in question

[ilyazhito]

This would depend on whether the official was inbounds or not. If the official was out of bounds, legal play. If he was inbounds, it is a throw-in violation, because it touched the court inbounds (an official is considered part of the floor), and went out of bounds without touching a player on the court.

Did the scenario say that he threw the ball to himself while out of bounds? If so, that would be a legal play, albeit one that might lead to a 5-second violation.

What I meant about legal was a play that would not be a violation or cause a violation. Only throwing the ball to a player who is inbounds, to another out of bounds player after a made basket, or to oneself without crossing the boundary line is legal, and only if no other rule is broken.