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This is a new rule this year... no contact = violation (no longer a technical foul).
If there is contact the penalty is a foul.
Of couse you didn't see what I saw, BUT You would be wrong if you didn't call it. It is a threat of violent contact - it could be interpretted as a form of taunting. "When I get the ball you get the h&ll out of the way or I'm gonna knock you the **** out."
When would you call it? after contact... now a violation? after a broken nose? a broken jaw? an unconscious player? a permanently deformed face?
There is a reason for the rule - player safety, and a violation is a compromise from last year's technical foul penalty. The compromise was made so officials would call it more often, rather than waiting for the severity of the act to justify calling a technical foul.
We need to be on the same page.
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