I guess I will have to respectfully "agree to disagree" with those that maintain that the NBA and NFHS Traveling Rule is identical.
When I learned the difference, I had to draw little "stick men" to get it to register. That said, some NBA players are so quick (Iverson) that when I run some of his moves back on SloMo......I can't tell wether it is a travel or not?
I'm from the Boston Area, Tommy Heinsohn who I respected greatly as a Coach announces the Celts. He use to allude to McHale traveling. Tommy would say,
"Kevin got away with a walk on that one."
I thought McHale had the best footwork of any pivot player ever. I never saw him travel. He'd pivot...fake...pivot...fake and then pick up his pivot and release the ball for a shot before the pivot foot returned to the floor. (It could have been a pass or a shot but with Kevin it was ALWAYS a shot
) I was always a little disappointed that Heinshon didn't know the specifics of the rule.
But few Coaches do....my son attended a Camp once by a very Senior Mass HS Coach. The fellow was teaching the Drop Step Move. Meet the ball...catch it in the air...land on two feet....big step with non-pivot foot....lift pivot foot and shoot or pass before it returns to the floor. The Coach was teaching the kids to "RETURN IT TO THE FLOOR" and jump off two feet! Everyone that coaches owes it to his kids to go to Ref School once.