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

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 12:46 pm
by ShelC
It's like an algebra equation.

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

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:03 pm
by Wally_West
Is Austin Reaves really better than Booker?

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

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:52 am
by Gladiator
Split T wrote:
Wed Oct 29, 2025 12:43 pm
ShelC wrote:
Wed Oct 29, 2025 9:45 am
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.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 6:47 am
by Mori Chu
Wally_West wrote:
Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:03 pm
Is Austin Reaves really better than Booker?
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Re: Around the NBA: Week 2 (10/27 - 11/2)

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 7:57 am
by 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.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 12:58 pm
by Split T
Gladiator wrote:
Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:52 am
Split T wrote:
Wed Oct 29, 2025 12:43 pm
ShelC wrote:
Wed Oct 29, 2025 9:45 am
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.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 8:04 pm
by specialsauce
Furlanfufi wrote:
Thu Oct 30, 2025 7:57 am
Portland won 3 of the last 4. I told you Tiago Splitter would be good, I just won't expect to be so early.
Portland was going to be good this year with a donkey as a head coach; we knew they were an up and coming team with a stellar defensive lineup