Calling Timeout With None Left

[Geof]

In the game last night, David Blatt attempted to call a timeout even though the Cavs didn't have any. The officials never saw it so nothing happened, but it raised a question in my mind.....

As an official, if you see a coach/player calling for timeout when you know their team doesn't have any timeouts remaining, do you grant the timeout and issue a technical foul or do you simply ignore the timeout request?

Does the situation in which the timeout is requested alter how you handle this? For instance, a coach trying to set up a play where perhaps there isn't as much urgency vs when a player is being trapped and calls for a desperation timeout.