Block that was or wasn't

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by ltllng

Do I see a obvious foul on this play from the center who is moving, looking through 3 other players in front of him and sees the back of the defender? Sorry, no I don't.

The C appears to move to position adjust. At the start of the play there are four players in his PCA but only two of them are close enough to each other to cause any worry. One of the players who was in his PCA happens to be the one who goes for the block so it's not unreasonable for the C to follow him to the basket. I would say that's what he's supposed to do because that player would be a secondary defender and the C is the one who'll know whether he has LGP.

Originally Posted by ltllng

He saw something that his partners may or may not have seen, but he blew his whistle and made a call.

That's the system in a nutshell. If you help you're doing so because you're calling something your partners can't see.

Originally Posted by Mregor

I'm watching on my laptop and picture is small but it looks like Blue #8 who comes down to set the pick on the defender guarding LeBron on the inbound pass, wraps his arm around the defender and turns him to the inside to clear the outside path for Lebron towards the basket. Granted it doesn't look like the defender tried to move much but it sure looks like he could play TE in the NFL.

Yes, Dellavedova makes contact with Carroll but the initial contact is legal (Carroll's head turns right before he backs into Dellavedova so he knows the screener is there). Once Carroll realizes he's screened it appears as though he stops making any attempt to follow James to the goal. Illegal screens cause contact and delay the person being screened. Even if the initial contact was borderline, Carroll appears to delay himself. The arm stuff between the two of them is really window dressing.