Funny Dialogue You've Had w/ Player or coaches...

[Mark Padgett]

As most of the posters here could tell you, I don't think this site has enough bandwidth to handle all the comments I've ever made, but here's one of my favorite situations:

A few years ago, during one of my local kids rec 8th grade games, a kid went up for a shot. The defender smacked the ball and knocked it loose. Of course the offensive (pun intended) coach wanted a foul and free throws. I told him OK, we would do that. I told the kids to line up on the lane, but wouldn't let the shooter into the circle. I put the ball down on the line. I announced that "since the ball was the only thing that got fouled, the ball would now shoot two free throws". My partner went bananas laughing and that coach shouted out "OK, OK, I get it." I picked the ball up and we resumed play.