Moving Screen/Pick Basketball?

Question

I was playing basketball today I was on defense and was tailing the guy I was defending as he tried to rub me off on a screen. I went to go around the player who was setting a screen when he moved his feet/body into the path that I was running. His feet absolutly moved along with his whole body right as I was trying to go around him. I called him for an illegal screen. He made a big huff and puff about how he can move his feet as much as he wants while I am coming toward him...? I had never heard that. I was taught that once you set a screen your body or feet cannot move into the path of the defender. Or it is a moving screen/pick. Please someone clarify.

Answer 1

A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player, by standing beside or behind a defender, to free a teammate to shoot, receive a pass, or drive in to score. In basketball, it is also known as a pick. Screens can be on-ball (when set for the ball-handler), or off-ball (when set for a teammate moving without the ball to get open for a pass). The two offensive players involved in setting the screen are known as the screener (who blocks the defender) and the cutter (who gets free from the defender).

Successfully "setting a screen" in team sports such as basketball and water polo requires attention to position and timing. An offensive player will first establish position so that his teammate can move toward him. The teammate changes pace and direction, and cuts (moves or dribbles quickly) very close to the screening player. The defender who is covering the cutter will have to push into the screening player, or divert around, losing a few steps. In basketball, the offensive player setting the pick must remain stationary at the moment of contact with the defender; a screen is illegal if the screener moves in order to make contact, and obtains an advantage; the result is an offensive foul. There must be illegal contact for a moving screen to be a foul; no illegal contact, no foul, no matter how much moving the screener does. If the screener holds, leans or moves into the defender to cause contact, this will result in a foul on the screener. After setting the screen, the screener is often open to pivot and receive a pass. This tactic is called pick and roll in basketball.

Defensive moves to defeat a screen include sliding by the pick if the screening player leaves space, fighting over the screen (pushing the screener away) if the defender is strong enough, or switching defensive assignments with another defender, who can pick up the cutter on the other side of the screen.

(basketball) (informal) An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender. Note that there must be contact (and illegal contact at that, meaning advantage-conveying) for it to be a foul; no illegal contact, no foul, no matter how much moving the screener does.

Answer 2

that's a moving screen for sure. might be less likely to be called in pickup? but still, don't let him bully you.

it's the rule of the game. person setting the pick has to stay stationary and not continue to block your path. keep bringing it up, he'll stop.

Answer 3

You're right, that's exactly what it is. If he's moving, after he's set the screen, it's against the rules.

What does he think a moving screen is?