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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Many times players set bad screens ...
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... And sometimes the teammate using the screen uses the screen poorly, allowing too much space for a defender to squeeze through, which often results in the screener moving to adjust to close up that extra space.
As officials we can often predict these situations from a mile away, and prepare to watch for illegal movement and, possibly, subsequent illegal contact.
As a coach, I used to ask my players who didn't use screens properly, "Did you really want to lose your defender?".