Not at all, I clarified my position in the last post. You've also moved the goalposts again, the cut-off point you created was "instant ejection" (a degree of severity of punishment) as though that is the
only thing that qualify an act as outside the confines of the rules. This is going to be my last post on this, but it's amusing to watch the mental gymnastics.
My last post agreed that fouling whilst trying to actually defend is fine (a clarification from my original post), or even fouling to save a bucket, but to do it out of some sense of injustice is straight-up stupid. It's akin to flagrant fouling someone because they cross you up or hit you with a hesitation move. Imagine Ariza shoving someone because they got him with a spin move and then going after them. Bizarre. And then making the argument that "well, yeah, if Trae doesn't cross him up again because he's afraid of getting pushed into the first row then it's mission accomplished as far as Ariza is concerned", as if that's a reasonable position.
As opposed to just playing, and reacting proportionally to a basketball move, which is to say not at all.
Sure seemed like you were justifying his response as proportionate earlier.
There is no premise
My opinion is that players shouldn't be so butthurt that Trae nutmegged them, end of story. Man up, play defense, foul if you must, but stop acting like he just took a dump in your morning cereal and that you have a reason to complain. It's a basketball play.
I'll let you have the last word, your track record won't allow otherwise.