The term "gather" is not announcer speak at all. It is a description of when a dribble ends. To end the dribble the ball has to essentially be gathered by the ball handler for that dribble to stop or "caught" on some level. Just saying the dribble stops does not often explain what actually happened. I am all for rulebook terms, but rulebook terms do not describe everything.
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Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
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