Foul or incidental contact?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Example Play....A1 has the ball at the 3-point arc even with the 3-point line extended.

Trying to picture this part...

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Trying to picture this part...

It's on a Einsteinian court. A1 was REALLY dense and his gravitational pull was so great that everything around was getting sucked towards him....even the lines on the floor.

(corrected my post)

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

A1 was REALLY dense ...

I think I know that kid. I tried to explain why the foul was on him when he ran over a defender with LGP, and he just couldn't get it...

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

You never really paid attention to how Michael Jordan got some of his points.

I thought about MJ and this play about 5 minutes after I posted.

[gslefeb]

Originally Posted by mbyron

4-27-4: A player who is screened within his/her visual field is expected to
avoid contact with the screener by stopping or going around the screener. In
cases of screens outside the visual field, the opponent may make inadvertent
contact with the screener, and such contact is to be ruled incidental contact,
provided the screener is not displaced if he/she has the ball.

Rule 4-40-7 expands this definition

A player who is screened within his/her visual field is expected to
avoid contact with the screener by stopping or going around the screener. In
cases of screens outside the visual field, the opponent may make inadvertent
contact with the screener and if the opponent is running rapidly, the contact may be severe. Such contact is to be ruled incidental contact provided the opponent stops or attempts to stop on contact and moves around the screen.