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I think that you handled it well.
No warning for delay is applicable here because he is not doing any of the three things listed in 4-46.
RULE 4 - SECTION 46 WARNING FOR DELAY
A warning to a team for delay is an administrative procedure by an official which is recorded in the scorebook by the scorer and reported to the coach:
ART. 1 . . . For throw-in plane violations, as in 9-2-11.
ART. 2 . . . For huddle by either team and contact with the free thrower, as in 10-1-5c.
ART. 3 . . . For interfering with the ball following a goal as in 10-1-5d.
Calling a T is certainly appropriate. If you are ready to administer the FT and the player is preventing that, then he is delaying the game according to 10-3-6a.
RULE 10 - SECTION 3 PLAYER TECHNICAL
ART. 6 . . . Delay the game by acts such as:
a. Preventing the ball from being made live promptly or from being put in play.
Now there is one other way that you could handle this without issuing a T. Get everyone else set for the FT and when he is crossing the lane simply administer the ball to his teammate who is shooting. Do this quickly enough so that he is still in the lane when the FT shooter catches the ball, then blow the whistle and call a lane violation against him. His teammate loses a FT attempt. That should put a stop to his antics.
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