Free-Throw Violation?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by tjones1
Saw something today that got me wondering...it didn't happen. Just one of those "what-ifs".

Play: A1 is shooting free throws. The ball is given to him. A1 takes a couple dribbles and then takes the ball and goes behind his back. Now, if the ball would have hit his leg and went behind him. Could one of his team mates (that were behind the three-point arc and free throw line extended) give the ball back to him? I know that if he left the semi-circle it would be a violation.

Helluva question. Know what? If the FT shooter never left the semi-circle and his teammate never came inside the 3- point arc or the FT line extended to retrieve the ball, and the FT shooter shot his FT within 10 seconds, what violation could we call?

If the FT shooter fumbles the ball forward and a player on the lane line then simply passes the ball back to him, and neither of those players at any time broke the plane of their respective restraining lines- FT line and lane line-,is there a rule in the book saying that any of that was actually illegal too?