The NBA recently made a change to its traveling rule. The new rule reads, in part: "A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball." Now, despite being an avid basketball fan, I had no clue that the rule officially stated that players could only take one step. My dad always told me that the rule was one step, but like most "I'm talented and going straight to the NBA" youths, I didn't listen. While the rule change is interesting to note, it won't change much about the way games are officiated. NBA players have been allowed to take two steps forever and by changing the wording of the rule, but not really the enforcement of it, the NBA simply adds some clarity to an issue that had become incredibly clouded. The complete traveling rule has eight subheadings (pg. 37), yet traveling is clearly a "you know it when you see it" type of situation. Regardless of the rule change, refs will continue to allow players to travel because it promotes scoring, and scoring sells tickets. Here are a few vids dealing with traveling in the NBA.
Yes, LeBron travels too
Some of these travels are ridiculous..
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