Originally posted on 01/17/2017:

Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dozer View Post
Crazy in itself this dude LaMelo pulling up from HALF COURT just because, right? Sure he is a UCLA prospect but this is the best shot 5 guys can get? Whatever. So his defender is actually guarding him to take away... the HALF COURT shot. That also in itself is insane. LaMelo "pulls up" anyway and gets his half court shot BLOCKED.
I'm coaching a youth basketball team and one of the kids jacked up a 40 footer in the 1st quarter of our game on Saturday. I immediately called a timeout, gathered the entire team and grabbed him by his jersey and said for everyone to hear, "you take another shot like that and you will be sitting in the stands next to your mom and dad. Do you understand."

I told the team that showboating, arguing with the refs, taking bad shots, not hustling are all signs of being selfish. You are playing for you and not the team. No one is above the team...