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Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long
Remember, the purpose of a screen is to get contact with the person you are screening. The best screens are those in which the defensive player doesn't see it until the very last moment or in some cases not at all. The contact in the latter case sometimes can look very violent yet by the rule stated the screen was legal and any contact no matter how severe is considered incidental.
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From my experience, a lot of lower level coaches will lobby for a call when the screener goes down as a result of a blind screen. If you explain to them that the screen served its purpose and if you were to call it, it would take away there advantage and instead of the layup, they'd have the ball OOB for a throw-in, they usually get it.
Mregor