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Originally Posted by msavakinas
Bob I disagree with some of these. I'm sure we have all passed on an illegal screen because it wasn't hard and it didn't really affect the game or hinder the defender, but it was illegal. There is stuff like that that happens all the time.
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Not relevant. Look at the definition of "incidental contact."
If it didn't hinder the defender, it wasn't illegal and it shouldn't be called. It's not about passing on marginal contact. When there is contact, you need to decide three things.
1. Who is responsible. (A1, B1, or neither.)
2. Who is negatively affected by the play? (A1, B1, or neither.)
If the answer to either question is "neither," then it's not a foul regardless of the severity. If the answer to both questions is the same player/team, then it's not a foul. The only way it's a foul is if the player responsible is not on the same team as the player negatively affected by the contact.