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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
Bingo! This is the question we all want answered from those (MTD) who say the defense can set screens. In what instance would a defensive player set a legal screen that would be illegal guarding?
Mark, you called a foul on the baseline defensive screen, correct? Was she in legal guarding position but not legal screening position? Why did you call a foul?
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I think that what MTD is saying is that an action which would be a legal screen for offensive player, can also be legally committed by the defense. Basically, that's true, isn't it? Whether you call that action a screen or a guard, it's still legal for defense if it's legal for offense, right?
And by the way, if defense are the only people who can guard, why is the person who usually brings the ball up the floor called the Point Guard?
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The only way this semantic discussion matters is if there's a play where what would have been a legal guarding maneuver is illegal because it is instead a defensive screen; or what would be an illegal guarding maneuver is legal because it is a defensive screen.
Unless either of those can be shown, then this whole discussion is philisophical.