What is the correct call?

[Camron Rust]

As others have hinted at, nothing in this post is correct.

Originally posted by gabenet
JR, I am not getting confused with football rules. I know the rules quite well. It's just another individual that totally is disagreeing with my call.

I know if you shoot up an airball that you can't regain control of the basketball unless it touches an object (meaning person or backboard).

If it is shot, anyone (including the shooter) can legaly retrieve the ball. Doesn't matter who or what it hits.

The rule in basketball is that if you are the last person to touch the ball and then you step out-of-bounce, you can't be the first person to touch that ball again.

That is simply not true. It is only a violation for a player to touch or be in control of the ball (between dribbles included) while the player is actually out-of-BOUNDS. A player is only out-of-BOUNDS when that player is touching out-of-BOUNDS or is airborne having last been in contacted the floor out-of-BOUNDS.

I want to know, if it hits a defender while your momentum takes you out-of-bounce, can you reestablish position in bounce and be the next person to touch the ball? Another way of asking that is, if you come back in bounce and touch the ball, are you the first player to touch it even though it hit the defender?

Even if you above assertions were true (they're not) and the defender knocks it away, they shooter would still be able to retrieve the ball since the defender was the last to touch the ball.