Sideline: Forced OOB

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Originally posted by MN 3 Sport Ref
So what we have here is that when a defensive player gains legal guarding position abutting the sideline (no room to go around without going OOB) the ball handler may go INTENTIONALLY go out of bounds to circumvent contact, return back in bounds and recover the ball or continue the dribble.

You've got it, although I have no idea what "circumventing contact" is.

"INTENTIONALLY" is not a black and white term in regards to basketball. Do you call an inentional foul every time a team commits a foul, when you know they're just doing it to stop the clock? Do you call a T if a player intentionally goes OOB in an effort to save the ball? Do you call a T every time the backboard is slapped?

A T for intentionally leaving the floor is to prevent a player from deceiving the opponent. For example, he stands OOB at his end of the floor, while his opponent is shooting a FT, in order to decieve the opponent into not knowing he's there. I'm betting there isn't a veteran official on this forum who would call a T in this situation presented in this post.

I consider myself to be rules knowledgable but I've leanred that you can't apply those rules legalistically or literally. Start calling a T every time a player goes OOB, and you won't be officiating very long.