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Originally Posted by IUgrad92
If we can go back to the OP and 'assume' this was a dead ball play, is not the play at hand a defender blocking out the free throw shooter? And at that, some are determining or "reading the mind" of that defender that he is intentionally contacting him "below the belt" with a specific purpose, thus warranting a technical foul?
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If this is a dead ball play, and the initial contact comes after the ball is dead, what is the purpose of the defense "boxing out" the shooter at that point?
Maybe I'm just cynical.