Talk:Screen (sports)

In favor of merging

I am in favor. Ryanjo 01:35, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me too. --71.137.15.219 01:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Screen

This article is incorrect when it states that a moving screen is only a foul if contact is created. For one thing, it is not referencing any particular league. If we are talking about the nba, then from nba.com:

A player who sets a screen shall not (1) assume a position nearer than a nor-mal step from an opponent, if that opponent is stationary and unaware of the screen-er's position, or (2) make illegal contact with an opponent when he assumes a posi-tion at the side or front of an opponent, or (3) assume a position so near to a moving opponent that illegal contact cannot be avoided by the opponent without changing direction or stopping, or (4) move laterally or toward an opponent being screened, after having assumed a legal position. The screener may move in the same direction and path of the opponent being screened. In (3) above, the speed of the opponent being screened will determine what the screener's stationary position may be. This position will vary and may be one to two normal steps or strides from his opponent.

Particularly (3) is in contradiction with what the article says. There is no required contact for an illegal screen to be called.

Gagueci (talk) 15:31, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]