It's a fair point. Blindside tackling an airborn player seems like it ought to earn a flagrant-2, although watching the replay you can make the argument that while there is a lot of recklessness there isn't obvious malice. Wall doesn't wrap Randolph up or hit him in the head. He merely throws his body into him at a dangerous angle, endangering both of their careers in the process.

I feel it could have been upgraded to a flagrant two just for retaliation purposes. A fine, suspension, or throw out really isnt necessary though I guess.

Here's my take on this:

(1) Some players in the league get away with this, but it is a small group.

(2) Danny Ainge knows this, and knows that you need one or more of "these players" on your team to consistently win.

(3) Compile a list of these players. These are Danny Ainge's ultimate targets to create a "New, New Big Three" (though there may be intermediate moves).

I know my points 1-3 above might seem a bit off topic, but they're not. The point is: this is how the league works. I hate it, but that's how it is. Given that these are the "rules of the game", which players can we get that help us win, given these rules?

I can see arguments both ways .

Given Wall is a house hold name and star power "BIAS" in NBA, and SHAV is basically a "WHO DAT" nobody to 99% of the world  .......  I suppose the flagrant "1" was  actually pretty good "GIFT" from the NBA elite refs.

FLAG 1 was all Shav was getting  ....under the STERN regime 

So yeah , I think he did good all said and done.

It's a fair point. Blindside tackling an airborn player seems like it ought to earn a flagrant-2, although watching the replay you can make the argument that while there is a lot of recklessness there isn't obvious malice. Wall doesn't wrap Randolph up or hit him in the head. He merely throws his body into him at a dangerous angle, endangering both of their careers in the process.

Don't forget the push after the contact that insured he went down.