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My Opinion
IMHO, a bear hug is almost always intentional. As a former rec player, my team made many a late game come back knowing the ref's wouldnt call intentional as we held an in-bounds opponent during a throw in, thus fouling without the clock moving. RARELY was this called intentional. Of course rarely were the Ref's doing the rec games by the books.
Look, we all know that the strategy is to foul to stop the clock late in the game. The key I think is to use judgement on what is intentional vs. an "agressive attempt to steal the ball".
My Vote: Go for the ball = perosnal foul. Go for the player = Intentional.
Anyway, that is my opinion and I certainly lack the experience of probably most of you. I'll be interested to hear follow-ups as well.
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