Unwritten Rules Of Basketball

Every sports has certain unwritten rules that each player or coach should follow.  These rules are to be followed out of respect for the game.  Here are a few of the unwritten rules that apply to basketball.

1.  Never pad your stats.  For example, a player shouldn’t shoot threes late in a game where his team is up big just so he can beat the record for the most threes in a game.  A player shouldn’t intentionally miss a shot so he can get the rebound a have a triple-double for the game.  A player shouldn’t pass up wide open shots because he trying to break an assists record.  These are examples of padding your stats intentionally.

2.  Never shoot a last second shot if your team is ahead big.  This is just considered unsportsmanlike.  Usually at the end of a blowout, if the winning team has the ball for the last possession, the losing team won’t even bother to guard the offensive players.  This is a sign that the losing team has conceded the game.  At this time, the player with the ball should just dribble the ball and run out the clock.

3.  Never press a team that you are beating soundly.  Even if you are a team that likes to run the full-court press, you should not do it when the game is out of hand in your favor.  Clearly your team was much better than the other team that game, and pressing the losing team will usually just magnify how bad the other team was.  It is just not proper to do.