February 21, 201610 yr Bilas and Seth Greenburg who asked a bunch of officials about the call, and the majority said it shouldn't have been called. This is unlike a lot the 100% stuff I've read on this thread. Just saying. Adams is as bad as TV Teddy too.
February 21, 201610 yr What rule says this should not have been a T? To my knowledge there is no written rule that states a technical shall be assessed if a player throws the ball to the floor. Adams seemed unsure if he really wanted to call a technical.
February 21, 201610 yr Man, come on. In what world is that not a technical? I'm 41 years old. I was 12 years old when I learned not to slam or spike the ball for any reason or it is a technical foul. All the rhetoric around whether this is a technical or not from talking heads is surprising. I get feeling bad for the kid because I do too but each and every person in here who has watched or played basketball for more than 2 years knows you can't slam the ball or it is a technical. And yes, if the roles were reversed and a Texas A&M player did the exact same thing Humphries did and it cost A&M the game most people would be saying the ref made the right call. You can't spike or slam the ball. Period. That is taught in middle school.
February 21, 201610 yr Humphries was in no way trying to disrespect the official, taunt an opposing player or delay the game.
February 21, 201610 yr Humphries was in no way trying to disrespect the official, taunt an opposing player or delay the game. It doesn't matter. You can't do it. Ever. For any reason. If you slam it. You better catch it. You definitely can't spike it I don't care how bad the spike is. Can't do it. Basketball 101.
February 21, 201610 yr To my knowledge there is no written rule that states a technical shall be assessed if a player throws the ball to the floor. Adams seemed unsure if he really wanted to call a technical. Correct. There is also no written rule that throwing your clipboard to the floor is a technical yet it always results in a T. My point is that the technical foul rule is open to interpretation. A coach may use expletives when telling me how bad my call was. That wouldn't result in a T from me but it would from others. I also think it's easy for officials who are surveyed to say what they would do. Hindsight after public reaction is NOT the same as "heat of the moment."
February 21, 201610 yr Adams did seem to pause and was pondering his next move as Ulis was giving him the ol " He didn't mean to do it" routine. I agree that it's a risky thing to slam the ball off the floor and dodge a technical, but my question is, should officials make a judgement in whether it was done in a fit of happiness or whether it was done in blatant anger and frustration. Should there be a difference? I think that's the judgement call that Bilas and some of the others have been talking about.
February 21, 201610 yr Correct. There is also no written rule that throwing your clipboard to the floor is a technical yet it always results in a T. My point is that the technical foul rule is open to interpretation. A coach may use expletives when telling me how bad my call was. That wouldn't result in a T from me but it would from others. I also think it's easy for officials who are surveyed to say what they would do. Hindsight after public reaction is NOT the same as "heat of the moment." That was exactly my point throwing the ball to the floor is not an automatic technical. IMO this interpretation was incorrect.
February 21, 201610 yr If UK wins this game folks would be saying, "we dodged a bullet." Instead UK lost and now it's "that's not a technical." Yeah, and Grayson Allen didn't walk against UVA and he accidentally tripped Raymond when they played UL at Cameron. :lol2: :no:
February 21, 201610 yr It doesn't matter. You can't do it. Ever. For any reason. If you slam it. You better catch it. You definitely can't spike it I don't care how bad the spike is. Can't do it. Basketball 101.Sure you can. See post 144.
February 21, 201610 yr Sure you can. See post 144. I saw post 144. Just because the refs miss a call once(imagine that) should they continue to miss a call for forever? This is why refs never win. When they make a call everyone says it is the wrong call. When they miss a call everyone says they missed the call. I'd wouldn't ref a youth league game for 6 years olds.
February 21, 201610 yr It was a terrible error in judgment by an official who makes similar errors very often.
February 21, 201610 yr Humphries shouldn't have put the official in the position to have to make that call. At the end of the day it's on him IMO..
February 21, 201610 yr Slamming the ball down as a delay of game technical was a point of emphasis a few years back. Doesn't have to be any unsportsmanlike intent. It's the rule and a recent point of emphasis. Training takes over and you make the call. Players knew it. Officials knew it. Bilas & others are looking at the call in the greater scheme of things. Just like a questionable pass interference late in a game or a hack when the player is driving to the bucket late in the game with the express purpose of trying to get that call. Those are discretion calls. This was not. He's right that if kid catches the ball at his waist, there is discretion. No delay. Seems like a "power dribble" and you can move on. Once it clears his hands / waist, it is fairly automatic that you're going to get the T called.
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