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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5034773, member: 21"] I've posted about how allowing players to take extra steps IMO made the NBA a tough watch. When you only allow the correct number of steps it allows the defender to know where to move to and when to jump to contest the shot. Conversely when the officials let the player take one or even two to three extra steps, the defender has no idea when he should stop his defensive movement and/or when to go up to contest the shot. It creates a ridiculous advantage for the offensive player. Maybe it's my imagination, but it sure seems like the officials were calling more traveling calls this past season, at least in the playoffs where I noticed quite a few traveling calls were made. And on a very loosely related note, if you watch the replay of Pritchard's half court shot at the end of the first half of the final game of the playoffs, he took four to five steps without dribbling before releasing the ball. But what ref is going to call traveling in that situation with that outcome. In real time I didn't even notice it but watching the replay it was like oh my gosh! I'm sure everyone, players, coaches, officials, fans were all checking to see if the ball was out of his hand before the light went on. No one was looking at his feet. :) [/QUOTE]