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[just another ref]

Originally Posted by wizard

Thanks. I see the difference. By the casebook's ruling was: "no technical foul is charged to A5. A5's return to the court was not deceitful, nor did it provide A5 an unfair positioning advantage on the court."

Whether its dead ball mass substitution or during a timeout, both seem to me to "not be deceitful".

The play last night was definitely not deceitful, and definitely did not give any advantage to anyone.

The example in 10.1.9 has B5 entering the court to catch a long pass, apparently gaining an advantage, but the last line says "once a team responds, all players must enter the court at approximately the same time."

As mick pointed out, the word approximately does make it subjective, but for my take, once the ball is in play for several seconds, the window is closed.