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Originally posted by Snaqwells
You may be able to consider this unsporting, I would certainly consider it in certain circumstances. However, the official in question said it was "a new rule this year" that specifically addressed and prohibited this.
Usually what I see is the defender yelling "shot." You really can't address that, unless you're going to require both defenses to play without asking for help from teammates; since "shot" is largely a communication to the other teammates that a shot is going up.
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For the most part whenever someone yells "BALL" into someones ear on a layup I don't consider that defense at all I consider it unsporting/taunting and I don't think anything good can come out of it....I will give a lot more slack if it is a jumper from outside and their team is underneath and needs to be alerted to box out.
The ref was definitely wrong about it being a POE and in the rule book for that matter . I would consider it good game management by keeping the yelling to a minimum...