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.