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Originally Posted by potato
So can we confirm this move is legal?
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He dribbles, picked up his dribble,established his right foot as pivot, jump off his pivot foot, lands on both foot, shoots. In this case he can no longer move any feet. Isn't it illegal to land on the pivot foot?
And someone commented if it's a pro hop where he ends his dribble in the air and lands on both feet he can choose a pivot foot which sounds ok because he only took 2 steps after ending the dribble. |
Went and looked at the video. He does not establish the right foot as the pivot foot. In the example above, if an official determines the dribble is ended with the right foot on the floor, the pivot foot is not established until the other foot (in this case, the left foot) touches the floor. Since he decided to execute a jump/pro/hop step (meaning he jumped off his right foot and landed simultaneously on both feet), he would not be able to pivot in this scenario.
If the official determines the player ended his dribble with both feet in the air (and some of them are close), then when he lands on both feet, he does not have a pivot foot, but may step with either foot establishing the other as the pivot foot.
NBA interpretation:
Since the above clip mentioned NBA, I'll assume you'll want an explanation for that as well. In this plays above, it doesn't matter if the ball was gathered (dribbled ended) with a foot on the floor or airborne)...he would be able to pivot after landing on both feet simultaneously in either case. He would establish a pivot foot after stepping with either foot after the jump stop.