Sheâs right, this is the relevant part of the rules:
> The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the playing court, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal;
She canât bring her pivot foot back down to the court before shooting (or passing), but she didnât.
Having said that, growing up I always thought that shit was a walk too tbh, just like KG. I learned never to pick up your pivot foot at all once itâs planted. But by the rule book, you can.
TheZoloftMaster
Itâs called a step-through and itâs been perfectly legal for a while but honestly it wasnât until pretty recently that weâve seen guys like Luka and Shai really take advantage of it.
It doesnât help that Lukaâs step-through, in particular, is often SOOOOOO SLOW and deliberate looking so Iâve seen many many many more casual fans react negatively to it and cry violation. I understand their perspective and honestly it can leave defenses helpless at times.
If you go back and watch the mid range post up game employed by guys like Kobe and MJ youâll see this pivot foot lifted for a move to free up space and shoot very often but theyâre so athletic and smooth that it can be hard to really discern in real time.
Lmao thereâs also tons of footage of KG doing it after his signature shimmy so it honestly makes him look way worse here.
__Murda__
If this is a walk in the NBA, the game would stop more than when Embiid and harden on the same team were baiting for fouls before they changed the rules.
StarlingRover
if you look really closely, you can see lebron travel
Thehelloman0
It’s strange so many people think this is a travel. If you think this is a travel, then you think that ending your dribble then shooting a jumpshot is a travel.
BIO118
One and a half steps is the definition of a classic layup. Looks off when you do it like that, but perfectly legal and a good move.
whatwedo
Step through isn’t a travel, but it’s 100% getting called one on the blacktop. Lifting pivot foot for any reason that isn’t a jump is usually called a travel.
Based on the actual rules, technically, I guess you could step through to your off-foot and one-footed flamingo for as long as you can keep your balance without it being a travel (as long as you get rid of the ball before your pivot foot comes back down).
ThePillsburyPlougher
Candace hilarious 𤣠they be euroing!
RemyGee
If you canât lift your pivot foot off the ground then you canât jump for things like a jump shot đ
DrKingOfOkay
Isnât what she did a step through.
phuijun
This is essentially a difference in rule understanding between the older and younger generation. Iâm in my 40s and understood the step through as a travel my entire life. I still donât use the step through even though I know it wonât be called a travelâit just feels awkward.
SomeBitterDude
the way i learned it is that you have to jump off two here, but it seems like a lot of people now disagree with that.
throwawayjumpshot23
Based on reading the rules now and how the nba is called it appears legal but as another older guy where this was definitely called a travel in high school isnât the moment she picks up her pivot foot but her âstep throughâ foot is still planted technically considered changing her pivot foot? Hence why I learned as a kid that if the pivot foot leaves the ground both feet need to leave the ground.
akamarcopolo
KG,T-Mac,LeBron, Kobe # HighSchool đ đ
dillaquantavius
After reading a lot of comment and doing some research of my own I conclude that the step through is technically not a travel by the rules.
Iâm gonna try to explain that to my menâs league refs. If I can start doing this itâs over
Acedaboi1da
The issue is switching feet. Letâs say youâre at the 3PT line jab stepping with your right foot (left is pivot). Is it ok for you to step in the direction youâre jabbing placing all of your weight on your right foot (while picking your left foot up) without dribbling, then shooting? Thatâd be called a travel 100 out of 100 times.
New-Vegetable-8494
im with candace on this one what is KG talking about
dizzymidget44
Not a travel. Never been a travel
swalsh21
Neither do most basketball fans whining about travels
JonnyB2_YouAre1
The name on the back of the jersey also matters. They missed that.
lialialia20
if kg was right he never made a running layup or dunk without travelling
lukewwilson
KG reminds me of older people in my job. I do building inspections and it’s very common to come across someone who has been doing construction for 20+ years and when you tell them what they are doing isn’t correct according to the code they always say “I’ve been doing it this way for over 20 years” I simply just tell them they’ve been doing it wrong for 20 years. KG has just had a misunderstanding of this rule for a long time
ballershotcaller20
Imagine how good KG wouldâve been if he knew the rules of basketball.
Dompappkuk
The problem is she didn’t catch the pass in air. Like a small jump.
babbagack
Disappointed KG, this is really basic, of course Candice is right
Yallcantspellkawhi
I actually like what the NBA is doing compared to everybody else. Fiba basketball has nitpicking rules that change every year and a fanbase that is annoyingly focused on it.
In the NBA they basically just care if it looks natural and cool and they carry on. I like that.
baderp2000
Isnât that actually a travel because she never dribbled first? You can step through after dribbling but must release the ball before you lift your pivot on a catch?
Jack_The_Sparrow_
He’s more familiar with the kruwlefftt to fundamentals than the actual fundamentals
sanfranchristo
Putting this specific scenario aside, it’s interesting how so many coaches and officials at various levels think a travel is based on what happens when lifting a foot when the rules are written about what happens when you put down a foot (i.e., a step is defined by stepping). It’s a backward way to even frame the rules for debate.
chalvin2018
Everyone needs to go check out Step Through Joe on Twitter. He has hours and hours of video of Step-throughs at every level of basketball, every league, every era. Refs explaining the rules. Coaches in the 60âs explaining the rules. NBA, NCAA, WNBA, FIBA, you name it. He has all the video. All the evidence. It has always been legal.
The issue is that thereâs been a widespread misunderstanding of the rule forever. Almost all of us were taught that was a travel. We were just taught incorrectly. Itâs like how everyone plays Uno wrong (no, you canât play a draw 2 on my draw 2, making the next guy draw four cards. You just have to draw 2.)
SnortMcChuckles
She didnât travel đ¤ˇââď¸ The pivot foot never left the floor
Relyst
That’s literally a step through, does it get anymore fundamental?
paparoops
Cannot take a grown a** man’s advise on them skinny jeans – Chuck (probably)
AMadHammer
I am so happy that KG is still making media. It took him a while to find his spot as inside the NBA was not for him. He is the best when he is himself.
Shout-out to this camera work too.Â
froggycbl4
was the second move a travel tho?
mankls3
This is why the NBA and it’s fans are a bunch of morons.  How do people not  know the rules????
No_Hovercraft_2719
You canât always lift your pivot foot btw. If you use a gather step and then pivot on the 1 step, you canât lift. But if you pivot on the gather, thatâs when you can step out of it. Donât fight me on this, I canât cite a rule stating it this way, but it is effectively the case.
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Sheâs right, this is the relevant part of the rules:
> The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the playing court, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal;
She canât bring her pivot foot back down to the court before shooting (or passing), but she didnât.
Having said that, growing up I always thought that shit was a walk too tbh, just like KG. I learned never to pick up your pivot foot at all once itâs planted. But by the rule book, you can.
Itâs called a step-through and itâs been perfectly legal for a while but honestly it wasnât until pretty recently that weâve seen guys like Luka and Shai really take advantage of it.
It doesnât help that Lukaâs step-through, in particular, is often SOOOOOO SLOW and deliberate looking so Iâve seen many many many more casual fans react negatively to it and cry violation. I understand their perspective and honestly it can leave defenses helpless at times.
If you go back and watch the mid range post up game employed by guys like Kobe and MJ youâll see this pivot foot lifted for a move to free up space and shoot very often but theyâre so athletic and smooth that it can be hard to really discern in real time.
Lmao thereâs also tons of footage of KG doing it after his signature shimmy so it honestly makes him look way worse here.
If this is a walk in the NBA, the game would stop more than when Embiid and harden on the same team were baiting for fouls before they changed the rules.
if you look really closely, you can see lebron travel
It’s strange so many people think this is a travel. If you think this is a travel, then you think that ending your dribble then shooting a jumpshot is a travel.
One and a half steps is the definition of a classic layup. Looks off when you do it like that, but perfectly legal and a good move.
Step through isn’t a travel, but it’s 100% getting called one on the blacktop. Lifting pivot foot for any reason that isn’t a jump is usually called a travel.
Based on the actual rules, technically, I guess you could step through to your off-foot and one-footed flamingo for as long as you can keep your balance without it being a travel (as long as you get rid of the ball before your pivot foot comes back down).
Candace hilarious 𤣠they be euroing!
If you canât lift your pivot foot off the ground then you canât jump for things like a jump shot đ
Isnât what she did a step through.
This is essentially a difference in rule understanding between the older and younger generation. Iâm in my 40s and understood the step through as a travel my entire life. I still donât use the step through even though I know it wonât be called a travelâit just feels awkward.
the way i learned it is that you have to jump off two here, but it seems like a lot of people now disagree with that.
Based on reading the rules now and how the nba is called it appears legal but as another older guy where this was definitely called a travel in high school isnât the moment she picks up her pivot foot but her âstep throughâ foot is still planted technically considered changing her pivot foot? Hence why I learned as a kid that if the pivot foot leaves the ground both feet need to leave the ground.
KG,T-Mac,LeBron, Kobe # HighSchool đ đ
After reading a lot of comment and doing some research of my own I conclude that the step through is technically not a travel by the rules.
Iâm gonna try to explain that to my menâs league refs. If I can start doing this itâs over
The issue is switching feet. Letâs say youâre at the 3PT line jab stepping with your right foot (left is pivot). Is it ok for you to step in the direction youâre jabbing placing all of your weight on your right foot (while picking your left foot up) without dribbling, then shooting? Thatâd be called a travel 100 out of 100 times.
im with candace on this one what is KG talking about
Not a travel. Never been a travel
Neither do most basketball fans whining about travels
The name on the back of the jersey also matters. They missed that.
if kg was right he never made a running layup or dunk without travelling
KG reminds me of older people in my job. I do building inspections and it’s very common to come across someone who has been doing construction for 20+ years and when you tell them what they are doing isn’t correct according to the code they always say “I’ve been doing it this way for over 20 years” I simply just tell them they’ve been doing it wrong for 20 years. KG has just had a misunderstanding of this rule for a long time
Imagine how good KG wouldâve been if he knew the rules of basketball.
The problem is she didn’t catch the pass in air. Like a small jump.
Disappointed KG, this is really basic, of course Candice is right
I actually like what the NBA is doing compared to everybody else. Fiba basketball has nitpicking rules that change every year and a fanbase that is annoyingly focused on it.
In the NBA they basically just care if it looks natural and cool and they carry on. I like that.
Isnât that actually a travel because she never dribbled first? You can step through after dribbling but must release the ball before you lift your pivot on a catch?
He’s more familiar with the kruwlefftt to fundamentals than the actual fundamentals
Putting this specific scenario aside, it’s interesting how so many coaches and officials at various levels think a travel is based on what happens when lifting a foot when the rules are written about what happens when you put down a foot (i.e., a step is defined by stepping). It’s a backward way to even frame the rules for debate.
Everyone needs to go check out Step Through Joe on Twitter. He has hours and hours of video of Step-throughs at every level of basketball, every league, every era. Refs explaining the rules. Coaches in the 60âs explaining the rules. NBA, NCAA, WNBA, FIBA, you name it. He has all the video. All the evidence. It has always been legal.
The issue is that thereâs been a widespread misunderstanding of the rule forever. Almost all of us were taught that was a travel. We were just taught incorrectly. Itâs like how everyone plays Uno wrong (no, you canât play a draw 2 on my draw 2, making the next guy draw four cards. You just have to draw 2.)
She didnât travel đ¤ˇââď¸
The pivot foot never left the floor
That’s literally a step through, does it get anymore fundamental?
Cannot take a grown a** man’s advise on them skinny jeans – Chuck (probably)
I am so happy that KG is still making media. It took him a while to find his spot as inside the NBA was not for him. He is the best when he is himself.
Shout-out to this camera work too.Â
was the second move a travel tho?
This is why the NBA and it’s fans are a bunch of morons.  How do people not  know the rules????
You canât always lift your pivot foot btw. If you use a gather step and then pivot on the 1 step, you canât lift. But if you pivot on the gather, thatâs when you can step out of it. Donât fight me on this, I canât cite a rule stating it this way, but it is effectively the case.