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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Bart
I am not sure why we disagree, or why you cite 4-39-5. we all agree that the conditions for 4-39-5 are met. But nothing in 4-39 deals with contact with the legal screener. However, contact with the screener is clearly addressed in two sections of the rules, with precisely the same language. Both sections allow for incidental contact on a screen outside the visual field. what part of that rule is causing an issue.
I am not trying to be hard headed, I am actually confused by your position on this point. I will concede that you can call what you see, but you seem not to want to allow incidental contact with the blind screen. And I am not clear why.
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If I understand you correctly, you want a violent collision
by B1 to be incidental contact and I disagree. If I have displacement and bodies on the floor, I will have a foul. It seems to work for me and my supervisors in the conferences I work.
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Perhaps so, but it's still contrary to the rules. They quite clearly state that it is to be ruled incidental contact.
Now, why is that so? Well, what's the purpose of a screen? To stop the defender and allow the dribbler (or cutter) to get free. A screeener should expect contact with the only reward being the actual purpose of screening: freeing your teammate from the defender. If it's a blind screen, the defender has the right to knock the screener into the third row as long as they couldn't see the screen...all as long as the defender stops upon making contact and doesn't continue through.
You set a blind screen...expect to get hit. What do you get out of it? Hopefully, your teammate will be so free they get an open shot. That's what it's for.