Moving Screen

[Umonblue]

So if an offensive player moves late in front of a defensive player (to set a pick) and makes that defensive player stop or go around him without contact then there's no call? No Violation for an Illegal/Moving screen? Reason I ask I saw this in a college basketball game and called as a violation...that crew must have called it wrong then.

[SNIPERBBB]

Crews get things wrong all the time. We just got to recognize what went wrong and learn from it.

[#olderthanilook]

UMONBlue....your query makes me think of coaches/fans that want a "reach" or "over the back" called. There is no such foul.

In fact, I don't know any player that can steal a ball w/o reaching for it in some way. And there are certainly great rebounders that can simply out jump an opponent reaching higher and sometimes over an opposing rebounder.

Same with a "moving screen". A player can move anywhere on the court. No foul there. Now, if the "reacher", "over the backer" or "moving screener" hold/strike, displace or contact the opponent, respectively, then we have illegal contact and thus a foul.

Otherwise, happy reaching, over the backing and move screening.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Umonblue

So if an offensive player moves late in front of a defensive player (to set a pick) and makes that defensive player stop or go around him without contact then there's no call? No Violation for an Illegal/Moving screen? Reason I ask I saw this in a college basketball game and called as a violation...that crew must have called it wrong then.

I find it unlikely that a college crew called a "moving screen violation."

[ODog]

Originally Posted by Umonblue

So if an offensive player moves late in front of a defensive player (to set a pick) and makes that defensive player stop or go around him without contact then there's no call?

If I run past you, is that a foul?
If I run around you, is that a foul?
If I run near you and decide to stop running, is that a foul?

Scary ...

If you expect it to be a violation, what would the "violation" be: Moving on the court without contacting anyone?