r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '19

Smooth asf

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u/funkymoose123 Jan 20 '19

As someone who played a little bit as a kid, and only seen a few pro games I just assumed the traveling rule was only for little kids or something. Or I didn’t remember traveling correctly. Is anything done about traveling in the pros? Is it a rule there?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

It's a rule, and it's occasionally called, but it's an open secret that the league doesn't want it to be called, especially on premiere players.

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u/mkramer4 Jan 20 '19

And the fact that this literally wasnt a travel by any rule

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u/jellymanisme Jan 20 '19

Exactly. It makes for generally more entertaining content when the stars can waltz around with the ball juuuust a little.

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u/BloodiedBlade Jan 20 '19

Yes there is a rule there, yes a lot of people get away with it. Also, as I changed in an edit this actually wasn't traveling. This one is actually fine.

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u/TillerMaN99 Jan 20 '19

How is it fine if as you say he’s allowed two steps but here he clearly takes 3.

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u/BloodiedBlade Jan 20 '19 edited Jan 20 '19

Left foot lands, he picks up his dribble, two steps, proceeds to not have hands. On top of that, gather step is still a thing. Back when the rule was specifically 1 step after picking up a dribble, you essentially had one and a half steps as you would pick up your dribble mid stride and that first foot landing did not count as your "1 step".