James Harden traveled last night. Not called.

[maroonx]

Sorry for not making my question clear and concise. I should of started, "Under NFHS rules, would this move be a traveling violation".....

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by maroonx

Sorry for not making my question clear and concise. I should of started, "Under NFHS rules, would this move be a traveling violation".....

Probably -- but I think it would be hard to get in real life. Did he push off to cause the defense to fly back like that? Did he gather on the floor or in the air? If he gathered on the floor, was this a successful / legal jump stop?

By the time you process all that, even if you hadn't thought he was going to drive (as did the defense), you'd be hard-pressed to get the travel.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Probably -- but I think it would be hard to get in real life. Did he push off to cause the defense to fly back like that? Did he gather on the floor or in the air? If he gathered on the floor, was this a successful / legal jump stop?

By the time you process all that, even if you hadn't thought he was going to drive (as did the defense), you'd be hard-pressed to get the travel.

I agree. And it is not a very obvious action that looks like a travel.

Peace

[ballgame99]

Even under NFHS rules I don't see that as a travel. The dribble doesn't clearly end until his step back foot is on the floor, so that becomes his pivot. The final angle at :55 or so shows it best. The dribble may end a hair shy of the back foot being down, but full speed, its good. That's how I see it anyway.

The only thing close to a travel is when he first jab steps his back foot (pivot foot) might move slightly, but its nothing I'm calling.

[Raymond]

If this were a high school game, Harden would have been called for travelling after receiving the pass and changing his pivot a couple times, so the rest is moot.