help free throw shooter

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I've called it a time or two too.

While I never tell a player to "shut up," I have been known to bounce the ball to the person at the line and ask, "Everyone knows who has shooter, right?" Most times, they get the hint.

There's a reason why I didn't put quotes around that phrase.

Although admittedly I have used "shut up" to get opponents to stop trash-talking at the college level, where the egos are a little less fragile than high school.