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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Sure, once a guy has taken 4 or 5 steps.

Just so you know traveling is based on the pivot foot and control of the ball, not steps. But then again you knew that right?

Peace

[UMP25]

Which would explain a lot in the NBA and guys running with the ball halfway around the court with no travelling being called.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Which would explain a lot in the NBA and guys running with the ball halfway around the court with no travelling being called.

Yeah, that happens.

As I said, I do not watch a lot of NBA, but I see this called much more than I see many things called in MLB and the rules are clearly in place. And this might be the reason a lot of people turn off baseball when it comes to TV. At least when the NFL produces Monday Night Football, it is pretty clear when the game is going to be over. MLB during the post season has a game and the kids they claim to target cannot even stay up to watch the games. The NBA has way more marquee players or personalities than MLB ever has.

Peace

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I see that called all the time.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

As I said, I do not watch a lot of NBA

So then how can you see it called "all the time" if you don't watch a lot of NBA?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by UMP25

So then how can you see it called "all the time" if you don't watch a lot of NBA?

Traveling is not called all the time at any level. The NBA is no different. It is actually the most inconsistently called or not called violation in all of basketball. I can show you multiple examples of missed travels at the high school level. You do not need to show NBA examples of this. But you said it was not called, I just said that was not true if you actually watch NBA games. Not what a pulled out highlight might show that took seconds in a 48 minute game. I am sure I can look at a missed pitch called in a major league baseball game or a missed balk, but that does not mean no one calls them at all.

Peace

[UMP25]

It's called an intentional exaggeration no different from your "all the time" comment.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by UMP25

It's called an intentional exaggeration no different from your "all the time" comment.

There is a big difference between being called "all the time" in relationship to games and "being called every time." But then again, you said it was "never" called as you suggested by claiming that it was not called in over 10 years. I watched a game recently and I saw 5 travel calls in the first quarter. And traveling was called on some superstars in the process.

Peace

[APG]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Just so you know traveling is based on the pivot foot and control of the ball, not steps. But then again you knew that right?

Peace

To be fair, under NBA rules, a player is allowed two steps after the ball is gathered. So a player could gather the ball with their right foot on the ground and would be allowed to step on their left which would be the pivot foot. In college and high school, that right foot would be the pivot foot. But you are right that travels are called every game.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

To be fair, under NBA rules, a player is allowed two steps after the ball is gathered. So a player could gather the ball with their right foot on the ground and would be allowed to step on their left which would be the pivot foot. In college and high school, that right foot would be the pivot foot. But you are right that travels are called every game.

I knew that too, but I am not speaking about this with a basketball official. This usually means that individuals allow media perceptions to dominate their thinking instead of reality. And if you watch a basketball game and not just listen to commentators, which BTW talk at the college level as if they know the rules to but do not.

Peace