The cousin to the crab dribble..legal by rule. Do we go undefeated and win the National championship by 30?
You have to push the envelope. Many haterz (including billy packer) accused Chris Smith of carrying on his cross over.That is a travel even in the NBA - there is no way that doesn't get called.
Same reason why James hardens stepback isn’t a travel. I remember watching an espn video on it, I believe it’s because that first step is technically not while he’s holding the ball. Same applies here.How is that not a travel? He clearly jumps, and takes 2 steps after.
So this is essentially arguing that an up-and-down is no longer a travel as long as you launch of the planted foot, which is incredibly untrue. This will get called every time.
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^This is an up-and-down, not a step. Dude is in the air.
NoIf you were to take a screen shot mid “euro step” wouldn’t it look similar?
No, there's not a shooting motion.If you were to take a screen shot mid “euro step” wouldn’t it look similar?
The "gather" step is the first post dribble pivot foot. Period. You are allowed a second pivot foot. Which is the foot he lands on after the hop. At that point he out of pivots. When he lands on the third step he has moved his pivot foot and established a new pivot. Even worse, he moves the third pivot before the shot. This is not legal. It may be allowed but it isn't legal using the rules.
The question is whether his first step occurs before or after finishing his dribble? Since he is pushing off the first pivot and continuing to a shooting motion, I would contend he cannot be dribbling.
Think about it, at the moment in time the foot is planted, he could still go into another dribble. You can’t go back in time and declare that he actually had already gathered the ball depending on what he does next.