When will Griffin ever be called for a travel whenever he does these pass-fake dunks?

[no pun intended]

His first initial step always comes so quickly after the dribble, and then takes two steps afterward for the dunk that the refs never catch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgszn2Axw3M

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Zxsd22DG0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQQ-_UPJD1I (first dunk in this highlight clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI-srS0s3M0

Nice fakes, nonetheless.

[East_Stone_Ya]

never, NBA knows that show sells

[BlazerRed]

It's disgusting. CP3 traveled multiple times too. I really wish the NBA would start calling that shit.

[no pun intended]

and again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCbu6lTd610

[DuMa]

dude is taking his legal 2 steps and a half after the gather

[i cant dunk]

not a single one of those were a travel :applause:

[LoneyROY7]

Neither of those were travels. :lol

[moe94]

dude is taking his legal 2 steps and a half after the gather

Exactly.

You're allowed 2 steps plus the other step and sometimes you can just do 5 steps. It's all good.

[Brizzly]

Exactly.

You're allowed 2 steps plus the other step and sometimes you can just do 5 steps. It's all good.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Darius]

Blazer fans salty for life.

Dat sub 50% Aldridge fg% makes them want to lash out :oldlol:

[Xsatyr]

You guys need to do a better job in observing which foot a player gathers the ball. In all those videos Griffin took the allowed two steps after gathering the ball.

For example in the third vid Griffin gathered the ball on his left foot, 21 sec mark, and then took two steps.

[JohnMax]

Gather step is usually the opposite foot of the hand your dribbling in. Thats why you see James Harden and Dwyane Wade not pick up their last dribble before Euro step because they're trying to decide which hand to use.


Notice Wade pushes the ball forward to decide which hand to use to pick the ball up. He picks it up with right hand which makes left foot gather step.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/924/001/WadeSideStep_original.gif

[dude77]

lol the nba doesn't give a shit about fundamentals or actual bball rules .. what about dribbling ? .. every damn player in the nba carries the ball ..

edit: first video is down .. the other two didn't look like travels at all

[no pun intended]

lol the nba doesn't give a shit about fundamentals or actual bball rules .. what about dribbling ? .. every damn player in the nba carries the ball ..

edit: first video is down .. the other two didn't look like travels at all
It was this one. Made the edit in original post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Zxsd22DG0

[Xsatyr]

It was this one. Made the edit in original post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Zxsd22DG0

This one actually looks like a travel. He gathered the ball on his right foot and then took three steps.

[FKAri]

It was this one. Made the edit in original post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Zxsd22DG0

This is a travel.

[iznogood]

It was this one. Made the edit in original post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Zxsd22DG0
This is a travel, so is Wade's eurostep.

[beastmode]

Love hearing these hoes cry. love it.

[Yankstar]

Blake being blake, haters gonna hate :rockon:

#clippersnation
#firstring
#championship

[shallehalle]

Exactly.

You're allowed 2 steps plus the other step and sometimes you can just do 5 steps. It's all good.
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[tragicbronson]

lol the nba doesn't give a shit about fundamentals or actual bball rules .. what about dribbling ? .. every damn player in the nba carries the ball ..

edit: first video is down .. the other two didn't look like travels at all

This, NBA just sees $$ and is slowly turning into a show more than anything else

[senelcoolidge]

Lebron's been getting away with traveling for years. Technically guys travel all the time..palming violations.

[Yankstar]

This, NBA just sees $$ and is slowly turning into a show more than anything else

:biggums:

NBA has always been about spectacle :facepalm

[jstern]

I know to some people it looks like a travel, because they have a sort of robotic comprehension of the rule, but I saw the videos and they were not travels.

[kNIOKAS]

I know to some people it looks like a travel, because they have a sort of robotic comprehension of the rule, but I saw the videos and they were not travels.
Good that you don't have that comprehension of the rule, so you cannot see travels now.
:wtf:

[jstern]

Good that you don't have that comprehension of the rule, so you cannot see travels now.
:wtf:
I can see travels, but some people don't know what a travel is. They don't even know the concept of a gather step.

[plowking]

Some people have clearly never watched tape of themselves.

Have you ever seen yourself do a layup at high speed and then slow mo? Its not a travel, its a gather step, and depending on the stride and the amount you push up the ball while dribbling, you're allowed to take as many steps in between your dribbles as you want.
In fact, a lot of hesitation dribbles involve taking a lot of steps in between a dribble to throw off your opponent. Same thing with this.

Most of you don't realize it, but if you recorded yourself doing a layup while going flat out, then watched it in slow mo, it'd look like a travel.

[no pun intended]

It is a travel. Here are 4 pictures, both after the dribble. In the 1st pic, Griffin's left foot is still in the air (you can tell this because it is above the 3 point line), and in the second pic he has stepped down inside the 3 point line. He takes 2 steps after.

Ball gathered (left foot still off floor):
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/crazydonovan12/GriffinTravel_zpse712a06c.png

STEP 1:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/crazydonovan12/GriffinTravel2_zps3c6ac06e.png

STEP 2:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/crazydonovan12/GriffinTravel3_zps7c3b3ea8.png

STEP 3:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/crazydonovan12/GriffinTravel4_zpsbd996036.png
...

[STATUTORY]

lol @ ni99as counting steps, NBA dont give a ****

count dollars instead

[tragicbronson]

:biggums:

NBA has always been about spectacle :facepalm

I never said it wasn't :rolleyes: . I just wanted to point out that now it is about spectacle more than ever.

[Big#50]

When you're a popular player you can literally break the law, let alone the ****ing nba rule book.

[mr.big35]

lol @ ni99as counting steps, NBA dont give a ****

count dollars instead

you cant have a high flying dunk not counted because of traveling. rules dont sell

[oarabbus]

Exactly.

You're allowed 2 steps plus the other step and sometimes you can just do 5 steps. It's all good.


:roll:
Moe gets it :applause:

edit: for real doe when you play pickup and a dude takes 2 steps then the "half" he gets called for a travel. Crab dribble, gather step, whatever. You get 2 steps.

[Kblaze8855]

Joey Crawford just called him for a travel and gave the Kings a flagrant on the same dunk attempt. Ball fake travel...then got hit.