Foul on Inbounds after Time-out

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by golfdesigner

Question: at what point do we have intentional foul, if at all?

This is almost purely judgment. If the defense reaches through the endline and fouls the inbounder, then there's not much judgment -- it's an intentional foul. But if they try to foul one of the inbound players, then you have to decide whether the defender was making a legitimate "basketball play". Was the foul part of a play that you normally see at any other time of the game? Was the foul committed because the defender was playing "normal" defense? Or was the defender not even trying to play defense and ONLY committing the foul.

Basketball plays: Attempting to deflect the throw-in pass and hitting the offensive player across the arms; playing "prevent" defense and holding the offensive player as he tries to break to the ball.

Non-basketball plays: Bear-hugging the offensive player; grabbing the jersey and pulling; fouling a player who is nowhere near the play; two-handed push from behind.

Penalty for intentional is 2-FT plus ball at spot nearest the foul.

Correct, and the free throws are attempted by the player who was fouled. (Also remember that 3 free throws are awarded for an intentional foul during an unsuccessful 3-point try. But that's obviously not the situation that we're talking about.)