Dunking in warmups

[Adam]

One thought to add about the "pat down." You mentioned doing it after a dunk (I would presume a particularly impressive dunk.) This would probably earn a T, more so than doing it in warmups. On top of that, if you take the time to showboat after this dunk, you've now got two guys who aren't playing defense. Either the other team is good enough to take advantage of it and you're putting your team at a disadvantage, or the other team isn't at your caliber, and the ref is more likely to see it as taunting. Bottom line, your coach says not to do it. It shouldn't matter why. If it doesn't earn you a T, it could likely earn you a spot on the bench.