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Originally Posted by rainmaker
I'm not 100% sure about this, but I've always thought that a flagrant foul was something that happened out of anger or disrespect. No matter how rough, an honest attempt to play the ball should be considered as intentional at the worst.
Am I incorrect in this, Jurassic, or Tony?
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You're incorrect. Just read rule 4-19-4.
"A flagrant foul may be a personal foul...of a violent or savage nature".
"If personal, it involves, but is not limited to violent contact such as striking, kicking and kneeing"
It's always a judgement call by each individual official, but playing the ball isn't a determining factor as to whether a foul might be flagrant or not. How you played the ball is. If you play the ball and while doing so put a shooter into a basket support and injured them, you should be sitting down every time imo.