And you'd be wrong. You probably think fumbling a pass and taking multiple steps is traveling, too.
If someone goes up for a shot, ball slips out of hands, player takes multiple steps to go retrieve the ball in the air, it's not a travel?!?!?
Sure looks like a pass to oneself to me.
`I've only seen this happen once. Just one more example of NBA officiating being really stupid. You can't pass to yourself, which is what this rule is allowing. What if it's not a shot , you just pick up your dribble, "fumble" the ball away to get closer to the basket, and run and pick it up. Also not a travel?
`I've only seen this happen once. Just one more example of NBA officiating being really stupid. You can't pass to yourself, which is what this rule is allowing. What if it's not a shot , you just pick up your dribble, "fumble" the ball away to get closer to the basket, and run and pick it up. Also not a travel?
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I think I've seen people lose the ball, pick it up, and get called for a travel, but I could be wrong.
Maybe the rules have changed on this matter. They seem to be allowing all sorts of weird stuff these days, so maybe this changed too. It is getting to where the most important skills are the ability to exploit dumb loopholes in the rules to get away with borderline cheating. Offensive players jumping into the defender to draw a foul, defenders undercutting into the offensive player to draw a foul, falling down to draw a foul, the circle created to alter the offensive foul calls, the traveling allowed all over the place, and then enforced elsewhere... What happened to only being allowed to take 2 steps if making a layup?
How do you know so much about the rules. Are you in the league?
and what do you mean by "relationship"... You were making some kind of joke I assume. Should I know you?
Section III-Dribble
a. A player shall not run with the ball without dribbling it.
b. A player in control of a dribble who steps on or outside a boundary line, even though not touching the ball while on or outside that boundary line, shall not be allowed to return inbounds and continue his dribble. He may not even be the first player to touch the ball after he has re-established a position inbounds.
c. A player may not dribble a second time after he has voluntarily ended his first dribble.
d. A player may dribble a second time if he lost control of the ball because of:
(1) A field goal attempt at his basket, provided the ball touches the backboard or basket ring
(2) An opponent touching the ball
(3) A pass or fumble which has then touched another player
PENALTY: Loss of ball. Ball is awarded to the opposing team at the sideline nearest the spot of the violation but no nearer the baseline than the foul line extended.