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Old Sun Jan 05, 2020, 12:17pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Travel Carry ...

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
The carry is just a special case of an illegal (double) dribble. It is simply a quick ending of the dribble and a new (illegal) dribble.
Agree.

A carry signal can also be used when a ball handler "cups" the ball in one hand and takes several steps without dribbling (no second illegal dribble), usually when "rounding" a corner.

Of course one could just give the travel signal (which it actually is), but that might leave some coaches and fans questioning the absence of the ball handler holding the ball with two hands (ignoring the subtlety of the dribble ending when the ball came to rest in the dribbler's hand).

Carry signal. It's an illegal dribble signal. It's a travel signal. It's two, two, two signals in one.

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