if they did not players would keep on fouling, heres a example. Dwight Howard sucks at making free throws, so if their was no foul out policy people would foul him every time he touches the ball because he cant make a free throw.
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6
It means that player will often get a foul.
6
BLOCKING FOUL
it is 10 ft
After a player commits his sixth personal foul of the contest, he's disqualified.
lebron James
Bonus rules take effect on the team's fifth foul in each quarter during an NBA game.
Shaq
Was that a charge or a blocking foul
In the NBA, one has to commit 6 fouls to be disqualified from the game, so they so-called 'foul out'. In college or high school basketball one can foul out with only 5 fouls though.