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Old Fri Oct 05, 2012, 09:07am
tref tref is offline
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef View Post
It makes sense if the stationary player doesn't have legal position.
+1

Officiating the on ball matchup & beyond is the key to knowing that the screener is illegal before contact occurs.

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
I have no foul. The ball handler doesn't have to clear a way for the defense to get to the ball. The elbows have to be somewhere and if the hand on that arm is holding the ball, I'm not going to consider it illegal when someone runs into it regardless of the position. If that arm is, instead, being used to shield the ball but not holding the ball or is extended in a very unnatural fashion, I would consider otherwise.
Great points, after all, who's going into who's vertical space.
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Last edited by tref; Fri Oct 05, 2012 at 09:09am.
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