This just another example that adult league is full of jacka$$ players looking to manipulate officials and fellow participants. These are the guys who start 6' and under, or 40 yrs and over leagues because they cannot compete or they were cut from their HS team and think they were just disliked by the coach, when they were just a bunch of pain in the necks without any skillz.
I know there will be those who disagree, but since you have 6 years of experience under your belt, you should just not put up with the juvenile behavior of these "adult" league players. Doing things like that is also a sign of disrespect to the officials.
I would also suggest one other alternative to the T. Give the ball to the shooter, while the player is moving back and forth, then call a lane violation. Afterall you told him to find a spot on more than one occassion. Rather than the T, the FT attempt would be waived off and his teammates would have gotten on him rather than thinking you cost them the game. In other words, put the ball in play.
my .02$ worth
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