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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1718847, member: 2350"]
Three concepts apply to that play: first, the defense is allowed to "play," too. Second, "the player with the ball must expect to be closely guarded." That means you do not have to give him "time and distance" or in other words, one step. When the defender hedges the pick & roll play, often times the contact is initiated by the player with the ball - especially if the hedging player establishes position first (got there first, both feet on the floor, facing the ball handler), and the contact occurs "in the numbers." Third: for once the defender establishes position, he can move to maintain it.

That being said, it's an ugly play that annoys me. I'm guessing the reason so few teams actually dump the ball to the screening player off that is that they send lugs with really bad hands or no ball handling skills out to the perimeter to screen in the first place.  Screen/pick and roll is the definitive basketball play, but size, speed and strength seem to have eclipsed skill around it anymore. I mean, if you're an SU fan or coach, do you want BMK or DC on the perimeter with the ball in triple threat, deciding whether to drive or shoot?

And although it's an ugly play, it gets handled evenly at each end, so it's fair if nothing else.

edit: The NBA plays with its own rule book, and the way they handle that play disgusts me, which is among the reasons I rarely watch it anymore.
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