[hoopguy]

I believe a legal jump stop can only be accomplished by a player with the ball who catches the ball or ends his dribble and then one foot hits the floor and he jumps off that foot and then lands simultaneously on both feet. He now does not have a pivot foot so if either foot is lifted and placed down it would be a travel.

If I am correct in my description of jump stop then I often see illegal ones that are not called. Often players jump off two feet or do a onetwo jump where both feet touch quickly and jump. My understanding is that if the player does not take off from ONE foot and land on both feet then the jump stop was a travel. Is my understanding correct?