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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
It makes sense if the stationary player doesn't have legal position.
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I just saw this thread now, and this was my exact thought.
Setting a screen with elbows high and wide is not a legal position, so any contact on those elbows is illegal. This is similar to a defensive player who takes a stationary position with one foot on an out-of-bounds boundary line. The position is not legal, so any contact that occurs is illegal contact caused by the defender.