Everyone is entitled to a spot

[billyu2]

Originally Posted by Triad zebra

B1 standing in the lane facing A's basket. Guarding no one. A1 grabs rebound at other end of court and goes full speed for,a layup and plows into back of B1. I have some very senior officials saying block on B1. Telling me that B1 did not have a LGP. I know this is a player control foul on A1. Can someone help me out with some fodder to convince these guys. I don't think LGP has anything to do with this play. Is 10-6-7 convincing enough?

IMHO you can throw LGP as well as all of 4-23 out the window in this situation because as the OP states: "B1 is guarding no one." It seems to me the position/action of B1 more accurately falls into the definition of screening (4-40) rather than guarding in that B1 is legally delaying or preventing an opponent from reaching a desired position. Furthermore B1's position/action is described by all the legal screening requirements listed in
4-40-2. It makes sense, then, that A1 would be expected to avoid contact as stated in 4-40-7. Your thoughts?