I have a question about an injured player and if a timeout can buy him back in... Here is the scenario
My player grabs a rebound, somehow falls and he hit his Chin hits the floor. Whistle blew and I went to access my Player. No blood, just tears lol. We were in a critical spot in the game and he happens to be one of my better players. Ref says “coach I need another player”.. So instead of taking him out, I call a timeout so I can keep him in. Once timeout was over the red says “coach you can’t buy him back in with a timeout. He must wait till the next dead ball”. I then tell him, I called a timeout so I didn’t have to take him out. He argues that he’s been A referee for 20 years and that you can’t “buy” a player back in with a timeout...
Can someone brief me on the rules here. I’m not mad what so ever, I just wanna know if I sounded like an idiot to this referee or not ha. I just want to know for future references. (The referee wasn’t rude at all)