Has the rule changed on setting a screen?

[stag76]

I thought you had to keep your body still when setting a screen. I know his first few years Kasibabu got called for illegal screens a lot. But in quite a few games recently I see the player setting the screen shift his weight so his hips swing out to pickoff the defender and no call is made. Now in this video, it looks to me like Karaban bends the top half of his body forward with his arms crossed to pick off the defender for the layup. I know some on the board have officiated at various levels in the past. Isn’t Karaban bending the top half of his body forward an illegal screen that no ref happened to see or call?

[sobro]

The screen is the play that should be judged tighter than any other play in basketball as a bad/moving screen often results in an injury to the player trying to fight through it. The video clearly shows the screener extending his arms to pick off the defender. It's safer than the screener extending his leg, but it's still illegal.

[vastagman]

I think some officials are pretty lax on calling illegal screens. I worked with many guys who never called it.

Here's a NFHS video about screening rules. Not sure if college rules are exactly the same or not.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmNO0C1kJw

[paulie74]

Feb 11, 2024 15:13:14 GMT -5 vastagman said:

I think some officials are pretty lax on calling illegal screens. I worked with many guys who never called it.

Here's a NFHS video about screening rules. Not sure if college rules are exactly the same or not.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmNO0C1kJw

Interesting video. I thought the last example of the screener moving with the play would have been illegal and would have called it incorrectly like the official did.

[ff2001]

This is one of the worst no calls by officials. And then the problem is when a few call it, it can really change the game.