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Originally Posted by Judtech
I think the answers to these questions are the crux of the discussion:
When is a screener no longer a screener?
Does a cutter have to give time and distance?
Assuming there is no displacement or holding by the screener:
If both players are moving with A2 cutting to the basket when B1 makes contact trying to get around A2 does A2 have to let B1 through? If so why?
A2 cuts to the basket and makes contact with B1 would this be a foul? If so, why?
If B1 and B2 switch and A2 rolls to the basket and B1 cant get around A2 is that a foul? If so, why?
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There is no definition of a cutter, that's the crux of the issue. There's guarding, and there's screening. Those two rules tell us who is responsible for contact. The incidental contact definition tells us how to determine if that contact is a foul.
This is where "referee the defense" comes into play. If B1 is trying to guard A1 and is phyisically impeded from doing so by a moving A2, you have to consider a foul on A2 regardless of whether A2 is a "cutter." He may be trying to cut for a pass, but if the result is an illegal screen, it's a foul.
If, however, they have switched and B1 is now guarding A2, judge the play accordingly.