My 20 years of board moderation experience tells me that your statement is incorrect. Whatever level of information is provided just forms a launching pad for further uniformed speculation.
And the out of bounds player must be in bounds before touching the ball. If the player is in the air their position is considered where they left the court surface. Some players try the move when the opposing player is too close and can't get a foot in bounds before the ball comes back to them.
Well, experience trumps opinion every day of the week. Where I was coming from is that there seems to be significantly less speculation over Azzi's hyper-extended knee than other injuries where less information is given. Less information inspires more guess work, no? Then again, maybe not, so I'll go with your experience.
As long as this forum decides who’s intentionally vs. unintentionally doing it sign me up.
I believe that would be possible to enact if the foul is ruled a flagrant 2 foul. That's an intentional foul that is unnecessary and continues. The rules committee added more words to describe this scenario, including brutal, harsh or cruel or dangerous or punishing. Anything less than that would be considered incidental.
How do you determine whether a player throws elbows in an effort to hurt a player or out of anger? The refs can barely do their job as it is, now you expect them to be mind readers? UConn players have thrown elbows too, so what do we do then just assume UConn is innocent and everyone else has malicious intent?
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The answer to your question is simple. Take the question of "intent" out of the equation. If you elbow an opposing player at the shoulder level or above, it's a violation. A replay can show the referees what took place if they missed it. Sometimes when you have a mismatch in the paint, and a guard is guarding a tall post player, the guard who may be short in stature and whose face/shoulders may be at the taller players elbows, may be an "unintended" recipient of an elbow, but a recipient none the less. As a former post player in college, I've received elbows from the waist up many times. Not a pleasant experience, especially high elbows in the face. Those hurt long after the game is over.
Your perspective might change if you were ever on the receiving end of a well placed elbow from an aggressive player that was 6'10, 290 lbs. Walk a mile in my shoes. 
That would mean Edwards would be out as long as Fudd and Muhl.
I remember this incident. Good thing for Roger Clemens I was not the commissioner of baseball. That would have been the last bat he ever threw. The next one would had cost him an 81 game suspension, and a $100,000 fine. I would have made sure he understood that.i should change my tagline from 'surf's up' to 'u can't be serious.'
you can't be serious.
iffn one of my team mates was the victim of an obviously dangerous and unsportmanlike play on the diamond, i'd be the first one to throw at the batters head when the bad person stepped into the box.
rocket was one of my alltime favorite ballplayers. he won, a lot.
somewhere, i have that pic of knoblauch and jeter wearing full catchers garb to spoof ol roger's joining the team. i think that the caption was 'we don't need to wear this anymore at bat now that he's on our team.'
it's the 'murican way. imma 'murican.