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I agree with you as well. A bear hug should always be an intentional foul. However, in the previous post, a common foul occurred first, the official failed to call it, and then was forced to call the intentional. That's an error in judgment IMHO.
I still prefer to look for reasons not to call an intentional foul, just like I lokk for reasons not to call a technical foul. That doesn't mean that I will ignore the rule when one presents itself.
To truly call an intentional foul correctly, we would have to always call an intentional foul when we know that the strategic thing to do is to foul to stop the clock. But I don't think that is the intent of the rule.
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