Ref called a travel when Embiid tried it in this clip.
Russ_Culture
These moves are all travels and shouldn’t be in the game
halfwaytocertain
Was the gather step a new rule, or has it always been there?
moonshadow50
“If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball.”
(NBA rulebook, not FIBA).
Every single one of these should be a travel. You can’t raise your pivot foot AND THEN take another step backwards.
It’s annoying that the NBA just collectively decides to ignore the rules in the name of higher scoring.
jimmylamstudio
It’s actually fun to do. Could never do it in game though since I’m ass.
SpursExpanse
If you can get away with traveling Why not 🤷♂️
paddiction
What happened to the game I love
JeffW6
A lot of these should be traveling violations.
LyonsKing12_
Luka is the only one doing a legal move to my eyes.
FillerAccount23
I can buy that james harden is talented enough to do this maneuver and have it not technically be a travel. But some of these are ridiculous. And if they aren’t going to differentiate between a successful attempt and a mockery of the rules, then they should just not allow any of these.
Sure it seems fun when curry pulls this off against the pistons in December. But imagine if Luka hits this shit against your team as a buzzer beater in a game 7. It would probably make you sick.
fishdude89
Curry doing it looks like a crab scuttling along the beach
gottagetitgood
“Various NBA players committing a traveling violation like James Harden does”
FTFY
AnyEstablishment5723
As a rockets fan, that shit sucked
jcagraham
There are two annoying basketball “fans”; those who are travel truthers who believe everything is travel but don’t know when to count the steps and those who believe proper defense is being allowed to push & grab people with their hands. They infest r/nba during the offseason and makes the whole sub fucking terrible until the actual games begin.
pocari__sweat
How did Kevin Knox make this clip lmao
No_Hovercraft_2719
Man y’all don’t understand the harden step back. Done properly, it’s not a travel. Most of these are travels tho, and I don’t think curry’s ever done it properly.
thiefshipping
Super hard move to execute. Some of these stepback are travels, but some are legit. It’s super hard to keep track of when the player has control of the ball and stepping back at the same time; much less game speed. The move is beyond me, and it actually takes super precise timing
cc88291008
lost it at Embiid.
lmao
N8DOE
Remember when kevin knox was a thing? Sigh.
dusters
Still think it should be a travel
HermyWormy69
God I love those Cavs jerseys from the Steph clip
breighvehart
Knox, Luka and Kyrie’s first all look legal. Steph definitely travels. Harden is hard to tell, his timing is just on the edge.
Crimson_Dingleberry
It all depends on how the refs interpret the gather rule. In my eyes, it’s three steps after a gather every single time. I think they need to reign this one in-offensive players already have enough advantages.
MeSeeks76
Funny way to say “travel”
Green-Umpire2297
Curry’s are a triple step back I think
realfakejames
They also practice it a lot in practices, there are clips of guys trying to do it for fun
Harden is one of the few guys I’ve seen in my lifetime who is the originator of a move other people have copied, like Luka copied this from Harden along with his game, the only other guy I’ve seen myself do this is Manu popularizing the euro step in the NBA
trinidadjerms
Yall are so miserable lol
concretecowboiiiii
that luka one is a voyage
bmanley620
These players should receive frequent flyer miles
dbeynyc
Kevin Knox sighting 🚨
chris1198karma
Honestly Luka’s look the best because he so damn slow and smooth. The first step genuinely looks like a gather step every time. Makes his look natural almost. Curry does it to quick so it looks off/he taking to many steps. Kyries are okay but his steps are super short so the distance he creates kind of sucks compared to Luka/Harden
I really feel like Luka is Harden’s successor more than any player.
Chiinoe
God I fucking hate what he did to this game.
SwizzGod
When you put it in a comp like this, that shit is very much traveling lol
FrankSamples
When people say the athletes and players are better today… well what is allowed now is way different too.
We can have a separate conversation about the rampant carrying too
1PennyHardaway
Clear travel. Too many steps. 4 steps before the shot.
ajatjapan
Every single one of these looks like a travel to me.
grapplebaby
Can’t wait for Hitler to retire ringless
lakerconvert
Travel every single time
Orbe_see
It’s so obviously a travel why did they ever let him get away it!
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Luka does it even better than he does
Ref called a travel when Embiid tried it in this clip.
These moves are all travels and shouldn’t be in the game
Was the gather step a new rule, or has it always been there?
“If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball.”
(NBA rulebook, not FIBA).
Every single one of these should be a travel. You can’t raise your pivot foot AND THEN take another step backwards.
It’s annoying that the NBA just collectively decides to ignore the rules in the name of higher scoring.
It’s actually fun to do. Could never do it in game though since I’m ass.
If you can get away with traveling Why not 🤷♂️
What happened to the game I love
A lot of these should be traveling violations.
Luka is the only one doing a legal move to my eyes.
I can buy that james harden is talented enough to do this maneuver and have it not technically be a travel. But some of these are ridiculous. And if they aren’t going to differentiate between a successful attempt and a mockery of the rules, then they should just not allow any of these.
Sure it seems fun when curry pulls this off against the pistons in December. But imagine if Luka hits this shit against your team as a buzzer beater in a game 7. It would probably make you sick.
Curry doing it looks like a crab scuttling along the beach
“Various NBA players committing a traveling violation like James Harden does”
FTFY
As a rockets fan, that shit sucked
There are two annoying basketball “fans”; those who are travel truthers who believe everything is travel but don’t know when to count the steps and those who believe proper defense is being allowed to push & grab people with their hands. They infest r/nba during the offseason and makes the whole sub fucking terrible until the actual games begin.
How did Kevin Knox make this clip lmao
Man y’all don’t understand the harden step back. Done properly, it’s not a travel. Most of these are travels tho, and I don’t think curry’s ever done it properly.
Super hard move to execute. Some of these stepback are travels, but some are legit. It’s super hard to keep track of when the player has control of the ball and stepping back at the same time; much less game speed. The move is beyond me, and it actually takes super precise timing
lost it at Embiid.
lmao
Remember when kevin knox was a thing? Sigh.
Still think it should be a travel
God I love those Cavs jerseys from the Steph clip
Knox, Luka and Kyrie’s first all look legal. Steph definitely travels. Harden is hard to tell, his timing is just on the edge.
It all depends on how the refs interpret the gather rule. In my eyes, it’s three steps after a gather every single time. I think they need to reign this one in-offensive players already have enough advantages.
Funny way to say “travel”
Curry’s are a triple step back I think
They also practice it a lot in practices, there are clips of guys trying to do it for fun
Harden is one of the few guys I’ve seen in my lifetime who is the originator of a move other people have copied, like Luka copied this from Harden along with his game, the only other guy I’ve seen myself do this is Manu popularizing the euro step in the NBA
Yall are so miserable lol
that luka one is a voyage
These players should receive frequent flyer miles
Kevin Knox sighting 🚨
Honestly Luka’s look the best because he so damn slow and smooth. The first step genuinely looks like a gather step every time. Makes his look natural almost. Curry does it to quick so it looks off/he taking to many steps. Kyries are okay but his steps are super short so the distance he creates kind of sucks compared to Luka/Harden
I really feel like Luka is Harden’s successor more than any player.
God I fucking hate what he did to this game.
When you put it in a comp like this, that shit is very much traveling lol
When people say the athletes and players are better today… well what is allowed now is way different too.
We can have a separate conversation about the rampant carrying too
Clear travel. Too many steps. 4 steps before the shot.
Every single one of these looks like a travel to me.
Can’t wait for Hitler to retire ringless
Travel every single time
It’s so obviously a travel why did they ever let him get away it!