Spin Move - Actually called a traveling violation (Video)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ODog

For a long while, I was the guy who would call travels on spin moves, the overwhelming majority of which are illegal, a point I think we all agree on.

But I (and mayyyybeee 2 other guys) was the only one in our neck of the woods. You often couldn't even get your crewmates to agree that they were travels from a black-and-white rules perspective. I'm OK if you ignore it, but you see how that's a travel, right?
"No, that one was a good one."
"Ummm, almost none of them are actually, and that wasn't the exception."

No sense in dying on that hill by myself, so I had an epiphany earlier this season and I'm done calling them.

Had a relatively high-profile game today with one of the only other guys who would put whistles on these moves, and we both let an obvious, easy one go right in front of us. Kid makes the layup, everyone's happy, nobody says boo, and we both looked at each and laughed upcourt.

I'm OK with that....but whatever you do, don't come up with a defensive foul on a player that is trying to defend that and is late getting into position. It is patently unfair to a defender to allow the offense to travel and still be required to get LGP in time.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I'm OK with that....but whatever you do, don't come up with a defensive foul on a player that is trying to defend that and is late getting into position. It is patently unfair to a defender to allow the offense to travel and still be required to get LGP in time.

That's a great point and a sound philosophy I respect.

But is that the way you see the game being called -- or the way people expect it to be called -- in your area? I'm not suggesting it isn't, I'm honestly just curious.

Everything I see is a basketball "world" -- at all levels -- that wants travel spin moves to be legal, so calling a foul on a player defending one would just be a normal occurrence and not unjust at all.

Please know that I agree with you. I'm just no longer willing to be the only one putting it into practice.