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Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Hold on a second here Mr Big Dawg.

Isn't it true that a live ball contact foul is never a technical foul? Wouldn't this be a personal intentional or flagrant foul? But never a technical foul?

Wouldn't that depend on whether you considered that contacting an opponent with the ball is the same as "contact"? You could easily argue that the thrower never touched the defender. Which would leave you with an unsporting technical as the best answer.

If you considered that contacting the defender with the ball is contact, then yes, you've got a live ball foul. In that case, you've got a personal or intentional.

I like the intentional or flagrant better, but if you say that contacting the opponent with the ball is "contact," then you open a small can of worms. Like what if, on a drive the basket, the ball gets stuck between the driver and defender. If contact with the ball is "contact," we have a foul. And we don't want to go there.