New Free Throw Line-Up

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Under the caveat that,when they do line up,the defense is limited to a maximum total of 4 slots(bottom 2 mandatory),and the shooting team is limited to a total of two slots on the lane.Neither team can slip any additional players in,if the other team doesn't bother to fill their allotted spots.

What Howard said, I think, is that if B didn't want that upper space, anyone could have it. By upper space, I mean the second one down from the shooter, the third one up from the basket. The description on the website looks as though A3 could slide up from the middle space, but A4 can't step in. Wording is "Reduced the number of players permitted on marked lane spaces during free throws (not including the free-thrower) to four defensive and two offensive players, with the lane spaces closest to the free-throw line (and the shooter) remaining vacant."