Who says girls can't play basketball?

Exactly.. can't handle the legal screen? play volleyball.

 

Agreed. No foul.
The commentator made it sound a lot worse than it was.

 

My daughter scored 20 points in a 6th and 7th grade basketball tournament game yesterday... ;D

 

you are wrong, junkie. She braced herself for impact, she didn't initiate contact. Sometimes good, legal screens result in basketball players hitting the floor and/or getting hurt.

 

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, OK.

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You're still wrong, Junkie.

 

Okay, fine, we get it, women = hard-workers, men = pussies.

 

Most refs would call the foul on the basis of the fact the screener brought her forearms up and leaned into the collision Jerry Kramer style. While she did have her feet set, it was only for a fraction of a second, and I've had some refs tell me the screener "has to give the defensive player at least one full step" to avoid a collision.

All that said, it was a hell of a screen. In my youth coaching days, it was amazing what a couple of bone-jarring screens can do to the opponent. They start tiptoeing up court on every possession, looking for the next telephone pole they're about to run into.

 

That's what I call good defense.

 

And I've seen men set good picks too. It's not THAT uncommon.

 

Good, hard pick. Who the ____ is the pussy announcer?

 

Junkie there's no way you watch much college basketball if you don't think the men's game is physical. Maybe they don't set as many screens as they should, but I can't believe anybody could watch a major college men's game and not think it was a contact sport.

Maybe the reason you don't see that happen in a men's game very often, is because how often do they set screens in the backcourt. Most of it goes on in the lane. But it does happen in men's basketball too, ask Bobby Hurley if Chris Webber sets a solid screen.