Dead ball contact: T or not?

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by Freddy

". . . a technical foul for (illegal) dead ball contact"

Except that is not what the rule says.

10-3-7
"Intentionally or flagrantly contacting an opponent when the ball is dead..."

It is not mere "illegal contact" during a dead ball that requires the technical foul. The official should have ignored the contact since it was not intentional nor flagrant. That is what the case book says. But since the official called a foul....