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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
Yes, the official is correct.
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Yes, BktBallRef is correct. 
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Because the eavesdropping is unsportsmanlike? Or because it's a T to be outside the bench area during a TO?
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Either, or is reason enough.
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Well said, BktBallRef. Now there's another situation where eavesdropping may be nasty but, myself, I haven't treated it as illegal.
When a player fouls out, and while the substitution is pending, players are not authorized to leave the court, so we see coaches huddle with the their teams near their bench areas, players staying on the floor (and no subs on the floor - sometimes they need a little cautioning about that).
One coach I know sends one of his players over to stand near the other team's faux-huddle. Nasty, but not illegal . . .