legal or not

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by eroe39
I don't mean anything by "in a saving manner" except just to say that the player is saving the ball from going out of bounds.

Okay.

Unless the player touches the ball while OOB, he cannot be called for an OOB violation. Even if the catches the ball, while airborne, passes it inbounds, and then retrieves it, he still can't be called for an OOB violation. Other violations are possible, but not OOB.