The reason I ask, is because I have Brad Miller of the Kings and Gary Payton of the Lakers in my fantasy basketball team, and their repeated technical fouling is costing me points. I’m aware that TF’s can probably be given for a variety of things, but these two guys seem to average one every three games or so. Are they continually abusing referees? Is there some other minor rule which they keep violating? And if so why aren’t their coaches doing their bit to iron out these fouls?
I live in New Zealand, and don’t get to see a lot of NBA games.
No longer are there illegal defense fouls( zones are now legal) & they were team technicals 2 years ago. Flagrant fouls also get a technical. I watch most Laker games-Payton is not a dirty player, but he has a big mouth.
There is actually still an illegal defense rule, even though zones are legal. It was replaced with a 3-second rule for defense. Basically, if a defender hangs around in the paint for 3 seconds while not actively defending an opposing player, it’s an illegal defense call that works the same way as the old rule (first call is a warning, each subsequent violation awards the opposing team one free throw and the ball back with a fresh 24).
But, whether it’s under the new rules or the old, an illegal defense violation is not a technical foul…at least not in the sense that the T is applied directly to the guilty player (and cost fantasy basketball players points). Instead, it’s a team technical, and the only penalty is that the other team gets a free throw.
The kind of technical foul that hits a player (or coach) directly is almost always due to conduct. It seems to happen most often when a player argues excessively with a referee, but it also happens when a player abuses an opponent verbally or physically (trash talk’s OK, taunting is not). What constitutes a technical foul is primarily the discretion of the official and can be inconsistent from one game to the next (or heck, sometimes even within the same game), but more often than not the call makes sense.
It’s possible for two players to go at each other and both get hit with technical fouls, in which case there aren’t any free throws but could result in ejection if either player already had a T earlier in the game. A player is allowed only one technical foul per game, the second results in ejection from the game.
I was thinking of a question regarding fouls just the other day and reading this thread reminded me of it, so I hope you don’t mind me posting it here, Trillionaire. Cheers.
Situation: Player A is handling the ball on offense and B is defending him closely. Player A decides to drive by Player B towards the bucket, but in doing so trips over his own foot and falls into B.
Question: Would the referees call the foul on A or B?
I’ve been watching the NBA for years and have skimmed over the rules but I haven’t come across anything concrete regarding this scenario.
If the defensive player has established position first and the offensive player initiates contact, the offensive player could be charged with the foul.
It should be on A, if anyone, but depending on what happens to the ball, how hard he hits player B, etc., it could also be a no call. It definetly should not be on B…although you will see it called that way.
It often depends on where, & who A & B are. Home teams get an advantage as do stars. If A is Kobe & B Madsen, Madsen will get the foul & vice versa. Altho’ the foul is on A for sure.
The defensive 3-second technicals are assessed to the team, not to an individual player.
The NBA hands out many more technical fouls than college ball, but the penalty isn’t as severe in the NBA. It’s just one shot in the NBA, but in college ball, it’s always two shots and in many situations, possession changes.