I'm 100% certain that Anthony Davis said something awful enough to deserve a technical foul (his second technical foul leading to his ejection), but wouldn't it behoove the official, Scott Wall, to wait a few seconds for Davis to tie his shoe instead of giving the Bulls a five on four unfair "power play" advantage?
Of course, we don't know if Davis made a request for a few extra seconds, but should he have to make such a request after he was on the floor right next to the official?
Maybe the official believed that Davis was ready after Davis stood up (to tie his shoe)?
Even so, Davis was still out of bounds when the ball was put into play.
It always bothered me that the NFHS allows a time out exception for displaced eyeglasses or lens, but not for untied, or missing shoes.
NFHS 5-11-A: Exception: No time-out is charged: If (request being granted only when ball is at the disposal or in control of a player of his team) the player’s request results from displaced eyeglasses or lens.
Most high school officials will not stop a live ball, clock running, advancing the ball to score, for displaced eyeglasses or lens, or an untied or missing shoe (with exceptions for safety issues in both situations); nor will they not wait a few extra seconds during a dead ball clock stopped situation to allow a player to tie his shoe.
In most situations high school officials will allow the eyeglasses, or shoes, to be "adjusted", quite often with no request coming from players or coaches, usually waiting for an appropriate time, which, in some cases, may be immediately due to a safety concern.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Tue Nov 16, 2021 at 06:42pm.
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