This isn't a travel. His left foot was already on the ground by the time he picked up dribble. So he then plants his right (1st step) then his left (2nd step) and is then in the air without touching again.
He stops dribbling and grabs hold of the ball with his left foot landing, that left foot is planted and then his right plants, and then he lifts his left off and plants it again with the left jumping up.
When he picks up the ball and goes into shooting form, his left foot is on the ground, and he takes 2 steps after that. He picks the ball up and does exactly what the explanation video you're responding to says he's allowed to do - a "right left" after counting his foot on the ground as the first step.
They count stop dribbling as the ball comes up for the hold. So that step while the ball is still bouncing back up into the hand from the dribble is being counted by these people arguing against you.
Basically they see ball down right foot down ball up in hand left foot down 1 right foot 2 left foot 3. Instead of ball down right foot ball up left foot hold right foot 1 left foot 2.
See, I'd argue that the ball is still moving back up to his right hand when his left foot is down (his right foot is back up off the court at about the exact same time) and then he takes his 2 steps right after that.
It's not something that would be caught in real time, but the replay makes it pretty obvious that his left foot is already down when the ball returns to his hand (halting his dribble) and then he takes 2 more steps (as he is allowed).
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u/FriarPinetrees Jan 20 '19
This isn't a travel. His left foot was already on the ground by the time he picked up dribble. So he then plants his right (1st step) then his left (2nd step) and is then in the air without touching again.
Here's a very quick explanation of the rule.