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I had an all time favorite this season. I called a kid for pushing through a screen in a boy's varsity game. I report the foul, we are in double bonus so we get ready to shoot and he steps over by me waiting to be subbed for (his 3rd foul in the first half I think). He says, "Sir, what did I do?" I told him that he made no effort to avoid the screener and pushed through him illegaly. He tells me, "But if I don't push through the screen, how am I supposed to guard the shooter?" I responded, "Isn't that kind of the point of screening when you're on offense? Why do you screen for your teammates?" He responds with, "But if I run around the screen he'll get an open shot." I said, "Maybe, but that is why teams screen isn't it." He just shook his head and had no clue what I was saying. Luckily the coach was right beside me listening and shaking his head like I was in disbelief that the kid could play varsity and not understand this.
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