Giannis with the worst travel of all time

[MMyhre]

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I don't even think it's that hyperbolic.

I've seen both him, Shai and Wemby have some obvious travels go uncalled recently. If the best players can't be held accountable it takes away the credibility of the game.

Does he feel no shame doing that? He has to know he is travelling there. The gather step rule needs to be officiated much stricter.

[JN61]

He has dime in dozen these travel plays in his career though.

[JN61]

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I don't even think it's that hyperbolic.

I've seen both him, Shai and Wemby have some obvious travels go uncalled recently. If the best players can't be held accountable it takes away the credibility of the game.

Does he feel no shame doing that? He has to know he is travelling there. The gather step rule needs to be officiated much stricter.

You wrote that like NBA Players know the rules. What we should criticize is officials who are supposed to know the rules and not dumber than plank of wood players. It's a disgrace the league office forces referees to referee the games in this manner. There is no other reasoning to this than mandate from the topdown.

[JN61]

I'm on the 'AI is getting scary' side of that issue, but AI officiating tech can't come soon enough.

They just tune it in the manner like they have tuned the referee line... Aka not calling anything if its your superstar or fancy play. End justifies the means. "NBA where manufacturing superstars happens"

[JN61]

Travel, then pushoff, then and-1. Some players have it so easy.

Rah rah. Stop criticizing modern players. They are so much more skilled than plumbers of 90s!!

[-Luke-]

Man, Simpsons called out NBA for not calling any travels like 20 years ago by now. For how bad this is, this is not even close to worst examples. When Americans first sign over here, first thing they get instructed and have to adapt to is different travel officiating.

Lol, really? I don't remember that episode.

[tribulations]

That must be all that talent I'm hearing about causing these high scores.

Must be so hard to be so talented when the basic rules of basketball don't even apply right?

I swear, refs not upholding the basic rules of basketball is possibly even worse to watch than the excessive 3 point shooting. Gather-step is particularly out of control.

[UcanUwill]

Man, Simpsons called out NBA for not calling any travels like 20 years ago by now. For how bad this is, this is not even close to worst examples. When Americans first sign over here, first thing they get instructed and have to adapt to is different travel officiating.

Lol, really? I don't remember that episode.

It is way after golden generation

[Lalouie]

LMAO, how are these refs employed?

how is the nba RUN

[Ritzo]

I'm a Giannis fan and I spat my coffee when they showed the replay

[makubesu]

Don’t blame the gather step, the issue here is the carry.

[jasonxxx102]

This thread proves people don’t understand the rules of the NBA

[knicksfan974]

That was awful but have to remember this is the National Basketball Entertainment League, where for entertainment purposes not all rules are being applied all the time as they should be.

[Calvin Klein]

This thread proves people don’t understand the rules of the NBA

how come?

[jasonxxx102]

This thread proves people don’t understand the rules of the NBA

how come?

Clearly not a travel. You can take as many steps as you want between dribbles, steps don’t count until the gather.

He took 2 steps after the gather.

Case closed.

Boomers can complain about the gather itself (they always do) but it’s still in the rules

[Calvin Klein]

This thread proves people don’t understand the rules of the NBA

how come?

Clearly not a travel. You can take as many steps as you want between dribbles, steps don’t count until the gather.

He took 2 steps after the gather.

Case closed.

Boomers can complain about the gather itself (they always do) but it’s still in the rules

alright I guess

[Karate Diop]

Giannis commits these blatant travels multiple times every game. He also commits some of the most blatant offensive fouls you'll ever see and not get called for those either.

The extreme leeway he's been given with the rules is comical and is reminiscent to the separate rulebook the Warriors were often at their peak...

[HMFFL]

The game has changed over the years from what some of you told me already, so I accept it's not a travel.

[Lockdown504090]

Man, Simpsons called out NBA for not calling any travels like 20 years ago by now. For how bad this is, this is not even close to worst examples. When Americans first sign over here, first thing they get instructed and have to adapt to is different travel officiating.

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2:14 same gather move. i can find game after game of him doing it in FIBA play. the initial takeoff is a walk in FIBA for sure, but everything after that is clean as a nun.

[LuDux1]

Man, Simpsons called out NBA for not calling any travels like 20 years ago by now. For how bad this is, this is not even close to worst examples. When Americans first sign over here, first thing they get instructed and have to adapt to is different travel officiating.

Years ago someone uncovered newsgroup post from 1980 complaining about star calls, referees and traveling, among other things