Quote Originally Posted by CaribouJim View Post
Mayor, if they enacted that time out rule that you and Sultan are proposing what about this situation - is it a live ball when the ref gives you the ball and starts the 5 second count and therefore the player throwing it in play would not be able to call a timeout or is this a separate category?
Correct, that is a live ball so no time out.


In just watching Buzz coach in the past few years, he liked to have his players advance the ball to half court before calling a time out, so as to set up a half court play, not a full court play. If you are no longer able to do that, or call a time out if you can't get the ball in bounds, my guess is we would see a lot more full court pressing defenses in basketball.

I guess I don't get why fans don't like coaches calling a time out. Often in late game situations a coach will say to a ref, if he makes this free throw I am going to call a time out. I guess now, the coach would need to instruct his players - hey, if you make this free throw quick call a time out before they can get it in bounds.