[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Maybe so in the context of dribbling. If that is what you meant, fine.

But intent is all over the rules: intentional fouls (fouls "designed" to stop the clok), shooting or not when a foul is called but the ball never leaves the player's hands, kicking the ball, slapping the backboard (attempt, even a poor attempt, to block a shot or not), contact that might be considered flagrant (or just aggressively clumsy), etc.

Dribbling...and specifically an interrupted dribble... was exactly the context that I was referring to. Agree of course that intent is certainly meaningful in other areas of the rules.