Pick and Roll Rule

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Originally Posted by Judtech

In a pick and roll play, the player who sets the pick can then become the cutter after the initial contact is broken.

No such thing ruleswise.

If the player effectively sets a screen by preventing a defender from defending their player it was a screen and must meets all of the requirements of legal screen. What the player wanted to do is irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Judtech

If a cutter is moving to the basket and the defender is attempting to get around them and are not being displaced or held then there would be incidental contact.

If it prevents them from defending their opponent, it is a screen...and is subject to screening rules. Nothing else matters.

Originally Posted by Judtech

If a screener makes contact with a defender, maintains contacts and "rolls" then you have the makings of an illegal screen. My point was that once contact is broken on the initial screen, contact between the defender and cutter is not an automatic foul on the cutter, and I would be inclined not to call a blocking foul on the cutter based on the reasons I stated.

What does that have to do with anything?

The screen doesn't have to be legal only for one contact, it must be legal as long as it is preventing the opponent from reaching a desired position.