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Originally Posted by Rob1968
9-13-2. . . A player may extend arm(s) or elbow(s) to hold the ball under the chin or against the body.
So, A1 holds the ball as described, above, and B2, guarding A2 runs into A1's elbow.
What do we have?
(I've seen this, numerous times, and even with severe contact to the head of B2.) What judgement factors do you use regarding such contact?
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Depends. It could be a foul on either. It could either be a screen that is called against A1 or it could be a foul on B2 for contacting the ball handler's arm. Unless it was a clear attempt to use the elbow to set a screen, I'm most likely going with the defensive foul. If you don't you'll have defenders running into the ball handler's arms all night trying to get the illegal screen call.