Team control

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Fritz

I treat it more like the football justification of a catch....did the player make a "basketball" move before the throw (stopping, turning or some other type of move before releasing the ball)? If yes, BC violation. If the throw/bat/toss was all in one motion as he is headed out of bounds, then I don't have a violation.

Totally disagree. A player can establish control without making a "basketball move", whatever that is. Bob's description makes much more sense:

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Based on your wording ("saves and throws"), I'd have TC and a BC violation (I would also grant a TO request made while A2 was holding the ball).

If you change the scenario to "A2 bats the ball to the BC", then I have no TC and no violation.