Step Out Of Bounds ...

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

If a player sneaks off the court (maybe trying to blend in with his bench)

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

So it such a player is the first to touch the ball after returning inbounds, this is a violation.

But if such a player is not the first to touch the ball after returning inbounds, it's legal.

Not correct.

The violation for being the first to touch happens when a player leaves trying to avoid a screen, or making a too-wide cut along the baseline, etc -- the stuff that happens ten times a season.

It's still a T to leave to hide among the bench, or to go out one door and enter another or ... -- the stuff that happens less than once per officiating career.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It's still a T to leave to hide among the bench, or to go out one door and enter another or ..., the stuff that happens less than once per officiating career.

It is a technical foul for a player to purposely or deceitfully delay returning after legally being out of bounds.

I usually think of this rule involving an inbounder deceitfully delaying his return inbounds to gain some type of advantage, but other "odd" things can occur that can also be penalized with a technical foul.