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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
As for the two guys 20 feet from the ball going at it, I'm not sure I can see calling this a double intentional. How would this be different than two donkies going at it in the post. That's away from the ball too. Yet despite the definition of intentional foul, I think I can say that this would be universally called either a personal foul on one of the players, or a regular double foul on both.
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You judge the actions of the players going at it off-ball exactly the same way that you normally judge a common personal foul vs. an intentional personal foul. If they're doing something like jockeying for position, then they're both fouling each other trying to make a "basketball" play of some kind, and you have a normal double personal foul. If instead they do something like giving each other a 2-handed push in the chest almost simultaneously or bang-bang, then you could call a double intentional personal foul. Those pushes aren't a basketball play imo.
Does that make any more sense now?