Intentional Lane Violation on FT attempt
 

Situation: My team is up 3 points, less than 10 seconds to play in regulation game... We foul our opponent to negate them hitting a 3 point shot to tie the game. They MAKE their first FT. They intend to MISS the second FT.

Therefore, in order to keep our opponent from missing the second FT, rebounding the miss and scoring a game tying 2 point shot, I instruct our players to intentionally violate the lane on each FT attempt until our opponent MAKES the FT.


If I instruct my team to intentionally violate the lane, i.e. enter early, before each FT in which our opponent is purposefully trying to miss, could it be construed as unsportsmanlike behavior that could result in my team being assessed a Technical foul?

Yes, it could, and I would warn you after probably the second offense.

You'd only get one warning.

The reasoning is, we're at an impasse in the game if the offense wants to miss and the defense wants to force them to make it by committing violations. Only one of those strategies is actually employing a violation of the rules, so that's the one we'll target.

Thanks, Adam.

I thought it was a good idea. A story was relayed to me that this technique was espoused by Don Meyer. Guess it's not a viable option.

Not that I don't believe you but... I'd still like to hear other opinions.

No worries. We've discussed the play here before. I'm not sure this is spelled out in the rules, and some may let it go. The consensus here, though, was that this is an advantage not intended by the rules.

Okay...

+1 :)

Here's a previous thread on the topic.

Who is Don Meyer? And should I care what he espouses?

My approach would be the same as Adam's.

My approach would be the same as Maven's. I'd even T up Don Meyer.

You obviously don't know who Don Meyer is.

Oscar's uncle, right?

Beware if you see this car outside the gym.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../7b/OurDog.jpg

Well, he's certainly no Jon Diebler.

Yabut....who is?! :)