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Originally posted by jritchie
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Originally posted by just another ref
Has anyone ever called an elbow violation on a player who did not have the ball? Don't think I have ever seen one.
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A1 has the ball and is going off a screen from A2, B1 is trailing A1 around the screen, A2 throws elbow at B1 as they come by! Elbow without the ball! I've seen that many times.
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Sounds like contact was made and then this would be a foul... not a no contact, violation.
JARef is correct that usually the excessive swing of elbows is made by the player that has just rebounded the ball and is trying to clear the defenders away - by threatening them with several, undirected swinging elbows. Not that it couldn't happen without the ball but that is not where I have seen it.