Substition?

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

To allow the other team to counter / set a play accounting for the sub.

So why couldn't the coach have drawn up a set play from a FT?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

A sub becomes a player once s/he legally enters the court or the ball becomes live.

Yes, I'm aware of that fact, but I want to know why a sub who following a timeout has failed to report to the table prior to the warning horn allowed to "legally" become a "player" when a free throw is to follow and not in other situations?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

(I'm very confused by this line of questioning.)

I'm trying to understand why? In both an inbounds play and free throw situation the ball is live when it is at the disposal of the inbounder and free throw shooter, also in both cases the clock is not running, so why is a sub who failed to meet the requirements in one situation allowed to legally enter the game when they are not allowed in another situation?