Unsporting? Delay of Game?

[Toren]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Scoring team player recovers the made shot, walks the ball to the new trail official and hands it off. This is done regularly, even after the coach of the non-scoring team told the officials he didn't like it. In his view, it was done only to allow a few more seconds to set up a press.

The officiating crew allowed this to continue all game. I'm not sure I would have. Has anyone seen a similar scenario? How would you handle it?

I've seen it done several times in games. I generally tell them to leave the ball alone once. Then I whistle and give them an official delay of game warning. This is definitely an advantage for that team and the officials need to recognize it as such.