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A screener is not bound by the legal guarding positions rules but is bound by the rules of screening. Legal guarding position only applies to defensive players.
Rule 4
SECTION 23 GUARDING
ART. 1 . . . Guarding is the act of legally placing the body in the path of an offensive opponent.
SECTION 39 SCREEN
ART. 1 . . . A screen is legal action by a player who, without causing contact, delays or prevents an opponent from reaching a desired position.
ART. 2 . . . To establish a legal screening position:
a. The screener may face any direction.
b. Time and distance are relevant.
c. The screener must be stationary, except when both are moving in the same path and the same direction.
ART. 3 . . . When screening a stationary opponent from the front or side, the screener may be anywhere short of contact.
ART. 4 . . . When screening a stationary opponent from behind, the screener must allow the opponent one normal step backward without contact.
ART. 5 . . . When screening a moving opponent, the screener must allow the opponent time and distance to avoid contact. The distance need not be more than two strides.
ART. 6 . . . When screening an opponent who is moving in the same path and direction as the screener is moving, the opponent is responsible for contact if the screener slows up or stops.
No screener will gain an advantage by having a foot OOB. If anything, it will reduce their advantage. If they are near or on the line, that leaves absolutely NO room for a teammate to use the screen. The teammate must go on the inbounds side of them. If they go on the OOB side, then you have something else to call. So, the more they move OOB, the less efective the screen. Therefore, with a decreasing advantage by being OOB, contact, if sufficient for a foul is the responsibility of the screened player.
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