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Originally posted by zebraman
I reiterate that you need to read Rule 4-43 on traveling.
2 steps has nothing to do with it, it has to do with the pivot foot.
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If you take 2 steps, one of those steps has to be with the foot that was formerly the pivot foot.
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Many players end their dribble in the air.
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Some do, but many do not.
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The first foot to land is then the pivot foot. Then they land with the second foot (your second step which you are calling a travel) which is legal (their non-pivot foot). Then they jump off their pivot foot to shoot. You can lift your pivot foot to shoot or pass (but not to dribble) so that is completely legal. Z [/B]
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As you describe it here, the play is certainly legal. However, it is my belief that more often players have at least one foot, many times both feet on the floor when they pick up their dribble. The more time this move takes, perhaps involving a head fake or a ball fake or whatever, the easier it is to see and to be certain that the pivot foot was indeed lifted and returned to the floor. Taking it one step further, some players want to do a 360 while they take these 2 illegal steps. I call this a Penny Hardaway 360 move, legal in the NBA, but not legal in any game I ever attended.