Technical foul in front of partner

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by rcwilco

I do not agree that there is no primary in transition. If both officials are watching ball while it is coming down the court trouble is just waiting to happen.

Jeff didn't say no primary in transition. He said no primary during a dead ball. I'm not sure I agree with him, though. I would say in this particular situation, Lead was just signalling a foul, players were carried out of bounds by momentum, and the play was not yet over. Presumably, Trail was out around the 3-point line somewhere. Lead should still have eyes glued to players A1 and B1 for just the kind of thing that actually happened. I think it's Lead's call one way or the other.

Rookie Dude -- if the ball was dead, there's no way it could have been an intentional foul. It would have been a technical foul. I think calling the T for unsportsmanlike conduct is safer in terms of the nit-picking details. Was the ball dead, or not? Doesn't matter, the behavior was unsportsmanlike. If it was very rough at all, could even have been flagrant and toss the kid.