Quick unrelated question before the festivities.

[Kblaze8855]

Does this justify a technical?


https://i.ibb.co/C90FP9k/IMG-9011.gif

I’ll hang up and listen.

[highwhey]

hell nah.

[Kblaze8855]

hell nah.


https://www.hostpic.org/images/2406070500110341.jpeg

[90sgoat]

I'd say it is, yes.

You can flex or pose or make some comment, but passing the ball like that is very disrespectful.

[bdonovan]

Hard to say.

Some of the rules for an NBA technical (not sure what league this is from):
>A technical foul called for (1) delay of game, (2) coaches box violations, (3) defensive 3-seconds, (4) having a team total of less or more than five players when the ball becomes alive, (5) a player hanging on the basket ring or backboard, (6) participation in the game when not on team’s active list, or (7) shattering the backboard or making the rim unplayable during the game (Comments On the Rules—G) is not considered an act of unsportsmanlike conduct.
A technical foul shall be assessed for unsportsmanlike tactics such as:
Disrespectfully addressing an official
Physically contacting an official
Overt actions indicating resentment to a call or no-call
Use of profanity
A coach entering onto the court without permission of an official
A deliberately-thrown elbow or any unnatural physical act towards an opponent with no contact involved
Taunting

https://official.nba.com/rule-no-12-fouls-and-penalties/#:~:text=A%20technical%20foul%20called%20for,list% 2C%20or%20(7)%20shattering


Nothing in that list correlates to what he did. But that list isn't exhaustive. We've seen people get techs for just stepping towards another player and staring at them. So I think it's likely a subjective call.