Intentionally throwing ball off face

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by APG

If you have a player throwing the ball off a player's face on purpose, T at minimum and probably a flagrant T.

Even if during a live ball? Is this contact in the sense that it's a personal foul, or is this more like noncontact, as in a technical foul? Fist to face is contact, but ball to face is noncontact? I have lot's of questions. I have no answers.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Even if during a live ball? Is this contact in the sense that it's a personal foul, or is this more like noncontact, as in a technical foul? Fist to face is contact, but ball to face is noncontact? I have lot's of questions. I have no answers.

You know better, Billy. Intentionally throwing the ball to the face is nothing close to a basketball move, and can only injure, intimidate, etc. Flagrant T almost* every time.


* only because I "never say never, never say always"

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by jugglingreferee

you know better, billy. Intentionally throwing the ball to the face is nothing close to a basketball move, and can only injure, intimidate, etc. Flagrant t almost* every time.


* only because i "never say never, never say always"

+1

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

You know better, Billy. Intentionally throwing the ball to the face is nothing close to a basketball move, and can only injure, intimidate, etc. Flagrant T almost every time.

I was trying to dove tail throwing the ball at an opponent with the idea of a player holding the ball and pushing the opponent away with the ball, as discussed in an earlier thread. Are both of these, or either of these, or none of these, live ball "contact" in the sense that it's a personal foul, or are both of these, either of these, or none of these, live ball noncontact, and thus a technical foul?

I'm pretty sure that the throwing is live ball noncontact, and thus a technical foul. I'm not so sure about the "push", but I'm also leaning toward a live ball noncontact technical foul.