Does time need to come off the clock on TO?

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

The coach cannot make his request until the player controls the ball. So you're saying that the player can control the ball, the coach can request TO, the whistle be blown and the clock stopped in one or two tenths or a second.

I don't see it.

The coach has already told the official he is going to be requesting a timeout -- therefore, as soon as you hear his voice (or see his hands), you are blowing your whistle.

We know that a player CAN, in theory control the ball AND RELEASE A SHOT in 4/10s of a second (that is the rule, right?). It would seem to be quite reasonable to think that the player will take at least 2/10s of a second for the shooting motion.

Bob has indicated that he can start/stop the clock in 1/10 of a second (I was able to start/stop my stop watch in 1/10 as well). For all intents and purposes, the act of controlling the ball and the request for a timeout was virtually instantaneous. Therefore, a TO with 4/10s of a second is possible. In fact, 5/10s may even be possible.

I have had situations in which the ball was thrown inbounds with less than 1 minute remaining. The ball was thrown inbounds and immediately knocked back out of bounds by the defender with no time running off the clock. I don't go over to the timer and have him/her run 1/10 or 2/10s of a second off of the clock.

It seems to me that at one point in time, we were to consider up to 5/10s of a second running off the clock following a whistle to be "normal response tme" for the timer (I am guessing that Nevadaref has this information in a case/POE somewhere). We can now, set the clock to the time we actually see (without having to take that time delay into effect). If this is true (it might not be, but I would swear I remember it), then one could assume that the clock MIGHT NOT START AT ALL if it only took 4/10s of a second to Control the ball and call timeout (since the timer could have up to a 5/10s of a second delay in starting -- and therefore would be ready to switch on when he heard the request to stop the clock).

If the official is anticipating the timeout request, he may have been able to get in position to see the player controlling the ball, see/hear the coach request timeout while seeing the clock as he was blowing his whistle (at 6/10s of a second possibly).

I am only saying that, in my opinion, it is POSSIBLE (without a rule requiring a minimum amount of time to elapse by rule -- similar to the 3/10 of a second tap only rule) for no time to run off the clock. It is also POSSIBLE as others have pointed out that all 6/10s of a second ran off the clock. If the official had definite knowledge of the clock (granted, it is VERY HARD to see the tenths of a second), when he sounded his whistle, he would be within his right to set the clock to that time, correct?