Joey Crawford....I think he called a block

[drofficial]

And we all agree that he O player traveled at the beginning of the move to the basket. Left foot is pivot foot, clealy picks up left foot before releasing ball to start dribble. Travel. Then he charged. This is a perfect example where if the travel rule were officiated as written, we could prevent a lot of other crap--in this case, a terrible block call.

[APG]

Originally Posted by drofficial

And we all agree that he O player traveled at the beginning of the move to the basket. Left foot is pivot foot, clealy picks up left foot before releasing ball to start dribble. Travel. Then he charged. This is a perfect example where if the travel rule were officiated as written, we could prevent a lot of other crap--in this case, a terrible block call.

You identified the wrong foot as the pivot foot. The right foot was the pivot foot in this play per NBA rules, and a case can be made (not that I'd judge it this way) that per NCAA/NF rules, the player didn't have a pivot foot (if you determined he gathered the ball with a foot on the floor).

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by APG

You identified the wrong foot as the pivot foot. The right foot was the pivot foot in this play per NBA rules, and a case can be made (not that I'd judge it this way) that per NCAA/NF rules, the player didn't have a pivot foot (if you determined he gathered the ball with a foot on the floor).

He did the scissor-step before dribbling so I would have a travel in my games.

[APG]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

He did the scissor-step before dribbling so I would have a travel in my games.

Not necessarily saying it wasn't a travel...just that per NBA rules, he identified the wrong foot as the pivot.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by drofficial

And we all agree that he O player traveled at the beginning of the move to the basket. Left foot is pivot foot, clealy picks up left foot before releasing ball to start dribble. Travel. Then he charged. This is a perfect example where if the travel rule were officiated as written, we could prevent a lot of other crap--in this case, a terrible block call.

Could be so kind as to tell us how the travelling rules are written for the NBA?

[APG]

Here's the play with slow motion at the end and an extra camera angle shown (the only other one they broadcasted):

[rekent]

Originally Posted by APG

You identified the wrong foot as the pivot foot. The right foot was the pivot foot in this play per NBA rules, and a case can be made (not that I'd judge it this way) that per NCAA/NF rules, the player didn't have a pivot foot (if you determined he gathered the ball with a foot on the floor).

Thank you, was just thinking the same thing.

And wasn't this horse beaten to death and beyond in the other thread?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by drofficial

And we all agree that he O player traveled at the beginning of the move to the basket. Left foot is pivot foot, clealy picks up left foot before releasing ball to start dribble. Travel. Then he charged. This is a perfect example where if the travel rule were officiated as written, we could prevent a lot of other crap--in this case, a terrible block call.

Not in the NBA. Methinks you should reread the travel rule.