Correct ruling?
 

A1 is throwing the ball in from under his own basket. He heaves a long pass, and while the ball is in the air, coach A yells for a time out. The ref waits until A2 catches the ball in bounds, and grants the time out with the throw-in awarded nearest the spot A2 caught the ball. Is this right?

I do not grant these timeouts. A timeout request is only valid if the ball is in player possession. Otherwise, a coach could use a pending timeout as a tool to prevent a turnover. The coach must re-request the timeout when his team has the ball in player possession.

I agree with your ruling, but I don't see how a pending timeout could be a tool that would prevent a turnover any more than the current process.

The other night I had a coach yell time out as one of his players launched a three-pointer. The ball was clearly in flight, it bounced high off the rim and over the back board, I was trail and whistled it dead and then asked if he still wanted the TO. He said " I did before it went OB.... but not now." I had to explain there is no team control on a tap/try, He looked at me like I was on another planet....... :rolleyes:

What does Team Control have to do with granting a TO???

Earth to referee, earth to referee. Come in, over.

Must have team control during a live ball. For example - who has team control during a throw in? No team control on throw in, but time outs are granted all the time.