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Originally posted by JRutledge
Z,
Again I think you are missing the original point. Just because there is contact, does not mean I am going to call a foul. I was taught when I played to try to fight through screens. If a player just gives up his rightful position because the player is in his way, then he/she was not stopped from doing anything. He/she decided to give up that position on their own and was not put at any disadvantage. Which goes back to the 4-27, Incidental Contact rule. Maybe the word "displacement" does not fit, but I am not calling a foul on a player that jsut touches another player and does not meet all the critria for a screen. Because if we called fouls on screens every time there was contact, we could call a foul on all screens.
Peace
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I got the point, but your earlier post made me think that you only call an illegal screen foul when there is displacement. I can think of several illegal screen fouls that I have called that do not cause displacement.
Just one example: Double screen down on one block. Shooting guard runs past it to rub defender. Defender starts to go around the screen and one of the screeners moves sideways and bumps defender. Contact is minimal, but it was illegal and prevented the defender from staying with the offensive player who now has an uncontested shot. Foul. We're heading the other way.
Z