Ejection math 101

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scooby

Last week in a game between Golden State Warriors and the Orlando Magic, the Warriors were Intentionally fouling Dwight Howard (grabbing him without the ball) to put him on the free throw line (he had 39 attempts). From the highlights that I saw, even though they were Intentional, they was nothing that would raise to the level Flagrant, if it would have been in a high school. So just because there is many intentional foul, that does not mean you escalate to flagrant fouls.

Don't confuse rule sets (NBA and NFHS).

Don't confuse the name of the foul (intentional) with the requirements for the call (intent is neither necessary nor sufficient).

And in a high school game, if someone was repeatedly grabbing a player without the ball, a bunch of those are going to be upgraded to intentional fouls. There won't be any need to consider upgrading to flagrant after that, as the tactic will stop once it's no longer beneficial.