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Theoretically, there might be such a thing as an "intentional technical", but in reality there's no reason to use it. If the ball is live, any contact foul can't be a technical. If you want to escalate the foul call in your situation, it's just an intentional. If you think the fouler was trying to hurt the shooter or otherwise starting a fight, it would be a flagrant personal foul, with the same penalty as a common foul, and the fouler is dq'ed. If the contact occurs during a dead ball, and you need to call it, it's a technical. If it's the beginning of a fight, it's a flagrant technical foul with the same penalty as a regular technical and the fouler dq'ed. Any foul that would be a T during a live ball, such as a blue phrase or subbing on the fly, or changing jerseys at the bench, would only be "intentional" if it was designed to stop the clock, but you'd still call it just a technical, give the shots and the ball at half-court. I don't think an intentional technical is anything you or I need to think about.
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