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Originally Posted by Berkut
I think this is an excellent example of how a single frame picture can very poorly represent what is going on, since it removes all the information about the momentum and speed of the players involved.
The Duke player did not get laid out because the screener is leaning forward slightly, he got laid out because he was running full speed into a stationary defender he never saw.
The picture over-emphasizes the lean, while completely ignoring the speed of the players involved (one basically stationary, the other running).
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Momentum is exactly the point.
The Maryland player had a good deal of momentum going into the screen, precisely because he did not give the Duke player time and distance AND because he leaned into the screen.
Impact and contact is going to be much greater when you 1) Don't give time and distance and 2) Lean into the opponent's path.
That's precisely why the screening rules are there.
If the screener had set a proper screen, the impact wouldn't have been nearly as brutal. It would have been a glancing screen (since the screener initially set up slightly to the left of the Duke player's path and kept moving into the path before setting up), not a concussion-inducing screen.