oh no, another screen question (NBA rules not helpful)

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by davidrmoran

Still, I figured that NBA rules, actually written down (and in this case posted) for use, would be ultra-precise and careful about just about everything.

Guess again. Actually, they do an okay job, but they also figure they're going to interpret the rules to their refs, so i guess they don't feel they have to write out the interpretive details beyond what they've already put out. It makes it easy for the public to misunderstand, but they don't worry about that.