Legal inbounds play?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by rockchalk jhawk

I would agree, except, on an endline throwin after a made basket a player can step OB and legally receive the ball OOB and then throw in to another player in bounds, right? I just thought they were going to pass it back and forth between all five of them initially when they lined up like that.

You're right... you did say after a made basket.

If a player is OOB to receive this pass, the ball holder still has to decide if it's advantageous to attempt the pass. There's no obligation to actually pass the ball to said teammate. Team A could position players on either side of the original thrower-in for OOB pass options. I suppose the argument can be made that the 4 players without the ball decided that based on the defensive alignment, they no longer wished to attempt the OOB-pass. In that case, they properly came back inbounds.

When I was younger, colleagues and I did the typical "make up odd scenarios" to test our knowledge. I never thought of this one. From a strategical point of view, I think it's legal, but only after a madeor awarded basket.