What if a defender never established LGP and attempts to guard a dribbler

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Camron:

In my play, A1 and B1 are moving in the same direction along parallel paths, meaning that B1 is setting a legal moving screen against A1 within A1's vision. If A1 moves into B1 and displaces B1 from his path, then A1 has committed a pushing foul.

MTD, Sr.

Not true. The legal moving screen must be in the same path and direction and the player behind must stop if the player in front stops or slows. Your example is in the same direction but not the same path and B1 is not in front of A1. Not applicable at all.

Plus, B1 isn't setting a screen, B1 is guarding.

Additionally, defenders never have the right to a path relative to the ball handler. They have a right to a path only when being screened and the screen is late or moving. The only path that matters in situations involving a dribbler is the dribbler's path (unless the dribbler is setting a screen).