For BASKETBALL purists, carries are as cringeworthy in the NBA as flopping:

[thabisyo]

we talking bout carries now?

we supposed to be the big ISH analysts and we sitting here talking about carries

[MiseryCityTexas]

kevin durant carries 90% of the time.

Damon Stoudamire used to get away with carrying too in his Raptor years until the refs realized that Damon Stoudamire's really not an all star.

[kamil]

Nothing is as cringeworthy as this

[Swaggin916]

carrying is nowhere near as bad as flopping give me a break.

[stevieming]

Please count, how many damn times does Derrick Rose carry the basketball on this one crucial posession, seriously how many ****ing times!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2vb...youtu.be&t=36s



His High School refs followed the rules of ball handling better than NBA refs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yra3H06gX4w#t=198s

After learning the history of the game and how the game is reffed in other leagues, from high school to rec to International this is becoming a major gripe IMO about the NBA. Casual fans may not give a shit or may even be entertained by it but for a purist it is blatantly against the rules to carry the ball but NBA players do it all the time. It makes them look goofy and unskilled IMO as it quite clearly requires MORE SKILL to dribble with your hands in a disciplined manner on top of the ball than it would if you can scoop and hesitate every damn time you want to change direction.

And I'm also getting sick of seeing big uncoordinated players become "ball handlers" like Durant and Giannis. IMO the only reason they even "handle" the ball in the first place is because carrying isn't called on their clumsy drives. Seriously anybody ever watched those two guys who understand what carrying is? They get away with straight horrific ball handling. For Durant to crossover he practically picks the ball up from the bottom and sweeps the damn thing accross his chest.

that play from Rose is fine...don't understand what your issue is there really...can see your point about KD and Giannis though...

[wakencdukest]

Flopping is way worse. But, the people who laugh at the ball handling in the 70's and 80's, hell even the 60's, are idiots. The rules have changed drastically regarding dribbling over the last twenty five years.