Kevin Garnett's Screens

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 12 2008, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Um...I remember back when Jason Collins was on the Nets, and when Nenad didn't play like a punk bitch...we'd get about ~5 illegal screen calls a game, IIRC.</div>
Well yeah, I'd say about half of KG's fouls this year were illegal screens. They do call it sometimes.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 12 2008, 06:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Um...I remember back when Jason Collins was on the Nets, and when Nenad didn't play like a punk bitch...we'd get about ~5 illegal screen calls a game, IIRC.</div>
Hard-screen willy was a beast.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thrilla @ Jun 12 2008, 06:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 12 2008, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Um...I remember back when Jason Collins was on the Nets, and when Nenad didn't play like a punk bitch...we'd get about ~5 illegal screen calls a game, IIRC.</div>
Well yeah, I'd say about half of KG's fouls this year were illegal screens. They do call it sometimes.
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Yeah, but they also weren't as blatant and obvious as Garnett's screens, where he sticks his arms out and pushes players away. I honestly don't know how he gets away with it as much as he does.

Actually, I remember Ben Wallace doing this frequently, too. And Bruce Bowen doing it that bad. Nocioni a couple times, but I haven't watched him play much. But still, nobody as bad as Garnett.

I feel like going off onto a different tangent - one of the best, if not the best screen setter I've seen in the NBA is Tyson Chandler. He gets his man open, and/or he knows exactly what to do after setting the screen.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 12 2008, 05:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thrilla @ Jun 12 2008, 06:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 12 2008, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Um...I remember back when Jason Collins was on the Nets, and when Nenad didn't play like a punk bitch...we'd get about ~5 illegal screen calls a game, IIRC.</div>
Well yeah, I'd say about half of KG's fouls this year were illegal screens. They do call it sometimes.
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Yeah, but they also weren't as blatant and obvious as Garnett's screens, where he sticks his arms out and pushes players away. I honestly don't know how he gets away with it as much as he does.

Actually, I remember Ben Wallace doing this frequently, too. And Bruce Bowen doing it that bad. Nocioni a couple times, but I haven't watched him play much. But still, nobody as bad as Garnett.

I feel like going off onto a different tangent - one of the best, if not the best screen setter I've seen in the NBA is Tyson Chandler. He gets his man open, and/or he knows exactly what to do after setting the screen.
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Well, I'll let you have your opinion. If I thought it was true, I'd have no problem agreeing with you. I just don't see how his screens are that much worse than anybody else's. I think it just looks worse because of the way his body is. Every movement he makes is amplified to the eye because he is so long and skinny.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jun 12 2008, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not looking for refs to call every single illegal screen, I just think they need to whistle some of the more obvious ones. There were a couple of obvious ones in that sequence, and they finally got him.

It's actually pretty funny, because he looks like a run blocker out there.</div>

I think of a tackle in football...like he's doing that drill against the fake person where you just keep pushing it as far as you can....don't know what thats called.