Huddle with coach during free throw?

[Altor]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Agree. However doesn't "unsporting" literally mean "not sportsmanlike", or "bad sportsmanship"?

What does the rule book say is "unsportsmanlike conduct"? I don't believe this applies. That's why I used the terms "poor form" and "bad sportsmanship". Yes, it's nuanced.

Shooting a three pointer at the buzzer of a game you are already winning by 30 when the defense is already walking towards their bench is poor form/bad sportsmanship . I don't believe anyone thinks it rises to the level of unsportsmanlike conduct.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Altor

What does the rule book say is "unsportsmanlike conduct"? I don't believe this applies ... Yes, it's nuanced.

Agree. Most likely doesn't apply here. Just tossing it out for discussion.

Rule book doesn't really define unsportsmanlike conduct. It just give examples with the open ended qualifying phrase, "this includes, but is not limited to ...".

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... "unsporting" literally mean(s) "not sportsmanlike ...

... was the Funk and Wagnalls definition.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Altor

Shooting a three pointer at the buzzer of a game you are already winning by 30 when the defense is already walking towards their bench is poor form/bad sportsmanship ...

Had this a few years ago.

Winning captain was teeing up his shot when I told him, as the trail, "Don't you dare".

He didn't shoot.

Had he shot the ball, I would have counted, or not counted, the three, turned away and quietly left the gym with my partner.