FIBA travelling-and an ejection story

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Originally posted by Oz Referee
Hey guys.

The way I was taught it was this - imagine the player that falls over has instead jumped and is in the air, if the player's feet touch the ground (ie when trying to stand up) then they have taken the equivalent to a step, therefore it's a travel.

Hi, been waiting for you to answer this one, being one of the only FIBA guys on this board. Still not getting it. How can you suppose a player is in the air while lying on the floor? How can a player fall down without changing their pivot foot to a pivot butt/knee/side? Is this one of those things that just is?