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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Rookie Dude -- if the ball was dead, there's no way it could have been an intentional foul. It would have been a technical foul. I think calling the T for unsportsmanlike conduct is safer in terms of the nit-picking details. Was the ball dead, or not? Doesn't matter, the behavior was unsportsmanlike. If it was very rough at all, could even have been flagrant and toss the kid. [/B][/QUOTE]It could have been an intentional technical foul. It fits the rule book definition of one completely - R4-19-5(b)-
A technical foul is an intentional or flagrant contact foul when the ball is dead, except a foul by an airborne shooter".
Btw, I agree with Rut. Primaries ended when the play was over. One of the the trail's duties in 2man is to watch the player activities for conduct just like this while his partner is reporting. Actually calling it in this particular case might be open to each individual official's judgement, but that's a different discussion.