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Originally Posted by OKREF
I'm going to say this again. Recovering a fumble is never a travel. You can't travel if you don't have possession of the ball.
4-44-1. Traveling is moving a foot or feet in any direction in excess of prescribed limits while holding the ball.
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What if a player picks up their dribble and they conveniently "fumble" the ball towards the hoop, pick it up before the defense (bad defense by the way) and then shoot a layup? No call?
I very well understand the rules and the definitions. It just doesn't seem like a legal basketball move when you are stuck without your dribble. I guess we have to go back to you can fumble-dribble-fumble but you cannot dribble-fumble-dribble.