Truly correct...It was brainofdtrain. My wires got crossed.
When you have a couple hundred pounds flying into what you have staked as your space (and a tenth of a second to think about it), what are you supposed to lead with, your head? That's the point though bobfoot. Read the rule i pasted again. A screen isn't an agressive move. You aren't supposed to "lead" with anything. Period. In fact, following this rule of thumb, one can avoid hurting both themselves and other players, b/c you aren't go to try to screen someone in a position where either party is vulnerable, like the middle of one's back, for example. If a screen is performed legally, the only possible injury should come to the one performing the screen, in the case that the opposing player will run him/her over. I'm all for standing one's ground and in that sense, setting a hard screen, but "leading" or "leaning" into an opposing player is illegal.
I get it, theoretically. And the way I wrote my point was poor, in that I attempted to go for what small bit of humor I thought was available to it as I was writing. In those occasions I often, afterwards, find myself dim. It's an issue. My point is: my screen is set, my feet are planted, if only for a moment. During the time that I am in my screen, my "personal space" is being invaded by a large body whose impetus is directing itself into my "personal space". If I choose to do nothing, said body will fall into my space, thus displacing me, and removing me from the ground I declared my own. I must make a move in reaction to the large body to continue to hold my ground. The most obvious move is the one shown in the video and in the picture you shared... a shoulder backed by a well planted hind leg. If no lean-in happened, both players would have fallen. West was clearly, in your offered pic, going to land within Horry's "personal space"/screen. West was guilty in not knowing where he was jumping.
I think this is a case of "haterism". I mean Horry cow!! Come on now leave the guy alone. The seven time champion probaly knows how to ball.
Ok after reading this it seems that all the Hornets fans are crying. It was a hard screen and the ref right there deemed it clean end of sentence. So stop hating on Horry and wipe your eyes it will be ok.
