Around the NBA: Week 2 (10/27 - 11/2)

[ShelC]

It's like an algebra equation.

[Wally_West]

Is Austin Reaves really better than Booker?

[Gladiator]

Nah that's 5 steps even with a "gather" and euro step. He shuffled his feet before the euro step, which is when he needed to dribble.

Well there’s no limit on how many steps you can take during the gather, so it’s not that you just count 1 gather step. You can take 10 steps between dribbles if you manage to keep the dribble active. Steps don’t count until he has completed gathering the ball. A gather is determined as:

1. 2 hands on the ball(he only takes 2 steps after this)
2. Ball comes to a rest and with hand under ball
3. Has enough control of ball to pass, shoot, hold, or change hands with the ball.

It’s these last two options that are subjective, but I do think he gains enough possession of the ball right before his left foot lifts which then his right foot comes down(0-Step) and then he goes left, right, left for 3 steps and a travel.

If you determine that left foot was off the floor before he gathered, then then that next left step is actually the 0-step and he only takes 2.

Call me old school, dinosaur or whatever, but I don’t really care for the semantics of the rules: that’s a travel for mine.

[Mori Chu]

Is Austin Reaves really better than Booker?

[Furlanfufi]

Portland won 3 of the last 4. I told you Tiago Splitter would be good, I just won't expect to be so early.

[Split T]

Nah that's 5 steps even with a "gather" and euro step. He shuffled his feet before the euro step, which is when he needed to dribble.

Well there’s no limit on how many steps you can take during the gather, so it’s not that you just count 1 gather step. You can take 10 steps between dribbles if you manage to keep the dribble active. Steps don’t count until he has completed gathering the ball. A gather is determined as:

1. 2 hands on the ball(he only takes 2 steps after this)
2. Ball comes to a rest and with hand under ball
3. Has enough control of ball to pass, shoot, hold, or change hands with the ball.

It’s these last two options that are subjective, but I do think he gains enough possession of the ball right before his left foot lifts which then his right foot comes down(0-Step) and then he goes left, right, left for 3 steps and a travel.

If you determine that left foot was off the floor before he gathered, then then that next left step is actually the 0-step and he only takes 2.

Call me old school, dinosaur or whatever, but I don’t really care for the semantics of the rules: that’s a travel for mine.

That’s fair…I just think it’s important to know the distinction…it’s fine to complain that it should be a travel, but that’s different than complaining that it is a travel that went uncalled…though in this instance it’s actually both I think.