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Originally posted by Damian
I remember your reference to the post in the case book about screening teammates.
9.10.1 Sit D refers to more than one teammate keeping an opponent from guarding the person with the ball. In that case a defender within 6 feet of the player with the ball is considered closely guarding that person.
My post was referring to a simple screen and the opponent moves behind the screen to go around it. In that case, there is a brief moment when the defender could be considered guarding the screener and not the person with the ball. The way I have been trained is that will stop the count and it is restarted when the defender emerges from the screen and is back on the ball.
I can see it both ways, so this should provide some interesting discussion.
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There is also no requirement that a defender be guarding only one opponent. Even if you consider the defender to be guarding the screener, they can still be guarding the dribbler.
If, however, the defender gets stopped by the screen and the dribbler continues away and the defender hustles to catch up and regain a guarding position, that would be a case for restarting the count.