Mon May 16, 2005, 11:59pm
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
You mean to tell me that if a player, after having caught the ball by the basket, first lands on the "red" foot right, jumps 2-3 feet straight up (as if to shoot but realizes B will block it), then lands in essentially the same spot on the "green" foot, you're going to allow it?
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Honestly, I did not envision a play the way you're describing it.
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If they're "stepping" as in a layup and both feet are momentarily off the ground, that is fine, but a step is not the same as a jump.
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How are you going to adjudicate that? How are you going to tell a coach, "No, coach, his pivot never came down. But it's a travel anyway"? How are we to distinguish between a step when both feet are momentarily off the ground and a jump when both feet are momentarily off the ground?
By the height of the step?
By the direction of the step?
By the intent of the stepper?
I just don't see how you're supposed to split that hair. If the pivot foot does not come down, then it's not a travel, IMHO.
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Theoretically, I agree with Chuck, but in practice I think I would call it just because it looks funny. I'd be willing to bet (if I wasn't a Quaker) that 98% of other refs would, too. Hmmm...
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