Time+Distance screens close to the ball carrier

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

(Illegal) Ball screens are a great call to make in your secondary area. Too often the official on the ball is (too?) focused on the ball handler and the primary defender. S/he doesn't see the screen coming to know whether it's legal or not.

Yes.

I was trained to know what happening around the BC. In last night's game, home coach was yelling for an illegal screen. I happened to agree with him. The first one I only saw some of it as it was way outside my area. Second one I saw and I think it's a definite foul, but I think I throw my P under the bus if I call it through traffic from the L and he's just 6 feet away and passed on it.

I did verbalize during a FT for players to "not be late on setting screens" and it cleared up. So that was good. lol