the way the NBA ignores traveling compared to any other level really hurts the game imo. It’s almost like pro wrestling compared to boxing or MMA. It makes the game so fake and superficial. Personally, I wished they called traveling far more consistently. I think the flow and movement of players would improve drastically if they got rid of jump stop hops, Lebron’s crab dribble and hop, and most of Harden’s moves.
Watch high school and college and the way the players are allowed to move legally by the officials significantly increase the watchability of a game. It forces the offense to make crisp passes and it awards good position defense. As we see in the video clip, Rubio plays good defense but is screwed over when harden is allowed to hop, scoot, and walk 5+ steps.
