too many uncalled travells

[ultimateplaya]

most of the times i watch matches in the nba, they make too many travells that are uncalled for like once i saw d-wade go for a dunk and he took 3 steps. wuts up with that?
wut u do u think

[mark_30_112]

Maybe the refs need to go to OPSM.

Nah I really think sometimes a ref cannot always make perfect calls I myself em a ref and I cannot call everything sometimes humans "DO" make mistakes.

[Matt]

they do a good enough job on the post, but perimeter guys are allowed to shuffle their feet, that's inexucusable.

[mark_30_112]

Of course they have to you cannot have perfect precision footwork well maybe you can.

[Andrew]

A lot of shuffling goes on in the NBA as well as other more subtle things, like hopping after a rebound.

[dada]

The 3/4/5 steps players like Wade and Lebron use to go dunk is very noticeable. I think it would be pretty hard to miss those calls but the refs prove otherwise. I can understand them letting the more subtle things slide though.

[John WB]

I have no problem with them not calling it, but then they gotta not call it consistently and that's not what they do, so I don't like that.

Gotta have consistency to their calls.

[Num33Baller]

Refs don't call travel anymore unless its very blatantly obvious.

Heck... usually pro hops are travels... but you don't call that.

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

haha, I've noticed it too. If they keep this up playing for Team USA, their games are going to be brutal.

[dada]

Heck... usually pro hops are travels... but you don't call that.

I was watching something on NBA tv the other day dealing with that same hop step issue. In this instance they were talking about a play with Lebron where he jumps off his right foot then lands on the same foot before taking the other step with the left foot (thats what made ti a travel). So I guess if you go right/left/right (not right/right/left) its fine.

...sounds a bit confusing.

[maes]

The NBA trying to explain what travel is, the irony.

They're all travels, once your dribble is picked up your landing steps are your final steps. 3 steps inherently means he travelled unless LeBron has 3 legs.

The other thing they've stopped calling is carrying. If you watch the Piston-Spurs Finals from last year you'll see Chauncey routinely holds the ball with his palm facing almost straight up in between his dribbles, which makes it basically impossible to steal the ball from him.

The funniest part is when the big fundamental, Tim Duncan went ballistic and screamed at the ref that Billups was carrying, and the refs ignored him and the Pistons took advantage of it and scored on the Spurs.

The NBA, good stuff.

[Num33Baller]

Yeah... Carrying, they don't call that anymore... but they havent for a good 15 years now.

If they did, half of the PGs in this league would be out of a job and the first one would be Rafer Alston.

[J@3]

I hope they don't change anything. The highlight of the Olympics for me was watching LeBron take about 9 steps before throwing down his usual 1 handed dunk, then turning around looking absolutely shocked at the referee calling travel this happened many times. Everytime a travel was called, the players looked like the ref had just shot their wives.

[Laxation]

I hope they don't change anything. The highlight of the Olympics for me was watching LeBron take about 9 steps before throwing down his usual 1 handed dunk, then turning around looking absolutely shocked at the referee calling travel this happened many times. Everytime a travel was called, the players looked like the ref had just shot their wives.

lmfao

i think the worst travels are when the players get the ball outside the 3pt line and seem to take 3-4steps before they put the ball on the ground. ive started to assume they only call travels when it actually matters...

[air2k5]

People want entertainment, Lebron, Wade they all take more than 2 steps when they go for a dunk most of the time, refs let it go alot.

[KIG1]

Last year remember steve francis when he threw the ball to himself and dunked it

he took 4 steps and the refs didnt call a thing. it riduculous

[Num33Baller]

Last year remember steve francis when he threw the ball to himself and dunked it

he took 4 steps and the refs didnt call a thing. it riduculous

if the ball hits the glass its legal.

[cklitsie]

Nah man, Steve did take 4 steps before throwing it up, then another 3 or 4 steps and then went up to get it. Rasheed Wallace was doing the traveling signal like his life depended on it.

Why's TD bitching by the way? He does the 3 step thing too.

[Matt]

the refs have done an adequate job of calling travels and palming this season, but not when it comes to star players.

[Isaiah]

kobe sorta travelled before shooting his OT-forcing 3-pointer against Portland in the game that made the Lakers win the Pacific Division

[H Rock]

Too many travels makes things less exciting. So, no travels called. Simple.

[Sauru]

yeah, its basically another way to try and increase scoreing and try to make todays players look even better. same with the no carry calls and the insane amount of touch fouls they call

[Patr1ck]

Once your dribble is picked up(2 hands, or one hand under the ball) you have two steps, everybody knows that. Players abuse this by taking 3 to 4 steps while they are still in a "dribling motion". Then they put the ball in two hands and take their two steps, all in stride - there's the 3-5 steps.
Its payback from the players for the refs taking away the killer crossover a few years ago with the overcarry calls.

[Pera]

maybe the refs just won't call traveling because they want a show from the superstar players

[Matt]

Once your dribble is picked up(2 hands, or one hand under the ball) you have two steps, everybody knows that. Players abuse this by taking 3 to 4 steps while they are still in a "dribling motion". Then they put the ball in two hands and take their two steps, all in stride - there's the 3-5 steps.
Its payback from the players for the refs taking away the killer crossover a few years ago with the overcarry calls

yeah this happens a lot. Guys take long strides whilst still dribbling and the whole act looks like 4/5 steps. Sometimes though they take too many and it gets uncalled.