No More Offensive Goaltending ...

[Raymond]

If a teammate of the shooter prevents the ball from hitting the rim why wouldn't it be a violation. Quit trying to make it hard when it's very simple.

By your logic, you would be giving a ball back to the team who just committed the violation in the last second of a game. Just think about that using logical thinking.

Luckily you're not officiating at a level where this could happen. Because all those questions you ask are unnecessary. Teammate touches the ball before it gets to the ring on a free throw, the ball is dead and it's a violation. That's it. Done. You're the only one who wants to make it more complicated than it needs to be.