As Soon As ...

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Debate this morning on Greg Austin's A Better Official You Tube live broadcast regarding this casebook play:

9.3.3 Situation B: A1 and A2 set a double screen near the end line. A3 intentionally goes out of bounds outside the end line to have the defender detained by the double screen. (a) A3 receives a pass as soon as A3 reenters the court. Ruling: In (a) the official shall call a violation on A3 as soon as A3 catches the pass.

9-3-3: A player shall not step out of bounds under the player's own volition and then become the first player to touch the ball after returning to the playing court or to avoid a violation.

"As soon as".

What if the point guard dribbled the ball several times after A3 had returned to the court before passing the ball to A3?

Then A3 wasn't the FTT, correct?