(Video) Legal or Illegal Screen

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Dad

I'm right and I'll show you step by step what happens in this video.

The offensive screen jumps off his left foot landing on both trying to set a screen. Not only does he land almost the same time the defender is on his left foot, which is illegal, but when he lands he's in an illegal screening position. Left foot is behind the free throw line and he has his knee and shoulder stretched out. He notices his position is horrible and tries to correct it. By the time he corrects and tries to get straight up and stationary the defense doesn't even have HALF a step to move.

As for the path and direction, this one is easy. At BEST he jumps parallel to the table, and at worst he jumps from opposite table side to table side, slightly. The defense is clearly running from table side to opposite table side. So not only are they clearly running in two different lines, but this isn't at all what the rule 4-30 art. 6 is talking about.

My ruling is legal.

From what I can see this ^^^ picture is probably the moment the offensive player gets into a screening position. He's stationary - or at least from this point on his body doesn't move towards the defender (not that it ever did).

As to his screening position: No, he's not vertical but that doesn't mean it isn't a screen. His positioning is only relevant at the time the contact takes place. As we saw in the video, the contact was on the screener's torso and by that time his (the screener's) body was vertical. Not only was he vertical, he was actually stepping away from the defender.

If the contact took place at the point represented in this picture then I'd say illegal but the screener had enough time to correct himself and the defender had enough time to stop or change direction.