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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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If B1 is facing the basket with his back to A1 and A1 runs into the back of B1 with the ball, is it a PC? B1 did not have LGP on A1? Does that matter for a PC?
I'd call a PC foul, myself.
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I hope your above quoted post was a joke. Because you proved my point for me. R4-S39-A1 and R10-S6-A2 go hand-in-hand in this play in fact you have to use both rules to make the call. B1 has a legal postion on the court. If A1 wants to get to a spot on the court that is on the other side of B1 he has to go around B1 not through him. That means that B1 is in a screening position.
[/B][/QUOTE]My above quoted posts cited actual rules, not one of MTD Sr. little flights of fantasy. If B1 has his back turned and doesn't know that a dribbler is coming up behind him, then B1 is
not setting a screen under the definition of a "screen" in R4-39-1. There is nowayinhell that B1 can be said to be trying to "delay or prevent" anything. Howintheck can he be if he don't know that the dribbler is behind him? B1 is just legally standing on his own l'il part of the floor, and if the dribbler runs into him, it's a PC foul under 10-6-2. You can bafflegab from here to next week with your goofy interpretations, but you ain't gonna change those facts.