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Originally Posted by just another ref
The point is that a traveling call is relatively black and white. He illegally moved his pivot foot in excess of the prescribed limits. In the OP if I see this player pick up his dribble at the free throw line while executing a pivot and wind up under the basket with both feet on the floor, I don't have to know exactly where and when each foot landed to know he traveled. Any discussion of this play with a coach would pretty much be a "No, he didn't!" "Yes, he did." kind of thing, and I'm not likely to get into that.
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Honestly, I may miss this call, let alone be able to describe it. I just wouldn't feel comfortable saying anything other than "when he picked up his dribble his right foot was the pivot foot, which he then lifted and put back down on the floor before the pass".
I don't mean to say I'd look down on you for saying it that way, it just wouldn't feel definitive enough for others to accept it.