Can anyone make a gif of that Crabdribble?

[LnGrrrR]

That was awesome.

[PGDynasty24]

That was no ordinary Crab Dribble. That was a KING CRAB dribble. Bow down to the king bitches!

[BlackSwordsMan]

playoff basketball

[redzero]

Dm0k2rqEeJQ

Dribbling is for the weak.

[LnGrrrR]

:lol

Thanks!

[lurker]

http://i44.tinypic.com/qzr6tw.gif

[LnGrrrR]

:lmao

Love the Celts coach... you can see him mouth "That was crap!"

[j.dizzle]

LMAO doc wasnt even the funniest part, his assistant with that little nod is fuckin comedy. How do you do that in front of a ref countless times & get away with it hahaha crazy shit

[pauls931]

LMAO!!! 'King Crab Dribble'... I'm literally laughing.

[BlackSwordsMan]

http://i44.tinypic.com/qzr6tw.gif

wow thats fucking amazing

[BlackSwordsMan]

NBA where amazing happens

[Cane]

I wonder what Stern was thinking lol.

[hitmanyr2k]

Honestly looking at that play in slo-mo Lebron really didn't take two steps before the hop. Look at his dribble. A split second before that hop Lebron took a dribble and really didn't take one single step after that. That dribble went right into the hop. So Doc counting steps and then the hop is plain wrong. Shaq used to do that big hop into a jumphook all the time during the Laker 3 peat years.

[Medvedenko]

travel...you can't go into a hop step off of one foot.....

[hitmanyr2k]

travel...you can't go into a hop step off of one foot.....

I'm not really arguing if it's a travel or not but I'm just saying Doc Rivers saying Lebron took two steps and THEN hopped is plain wrong. Lebron basically took that one big hop before he took a single step. Like I said before, Shaq used to do that big bunny hop into a jumphook constantly and it was NEVER called a travel :lol

[ChrisRichards]

I wonder what Stern was thinking lol.
Stern left when shit got out of hand lol.

[namlook]

All three refs should be fined by Stern for that no call because it was so blatant. There's no way all three of them could miss a play like that.

[baseline bum]

The NBA set the precedent for allowing that shit when they let Shaq do it 5 times a game at the beginning of last decade. I have no idea how it's not a travel to have both feet off the ground and not release the ball before landing.

[pauls931]

I'm going to do that in pickup tomorrow and see if anyone picks a fight with me.

[Bob Lanier]

The NBA set the precedent for allowing that shit when they let Shaq do it 5 times a game at the beginning of last decade. I have no idea how it's not a travel to have both feet off the ground and not release the ball before landing.
:tu

[Gutter92]

A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/7097/the-two-step

cy@

[ChrisRichards]

Not a travel


http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... e-two-step


A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

[Trainwreck2100]

That is an all time Classic!!!:lol Is there a way to enlarge that?

what size you want homes?

[itzsoweezee]

travel...you can't go into a hop step off of one foot.....

i'm pretty sure you can. didn't the nba clarify this with the rule change before this season?

[Bob Lanier]

A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/7097/the-two-step

cy@
LOL NBA. Jesus.

[Budkin]

Not a travel but a damn funny gif.

[jag]

The NBA set the precedent for allowing that shit when they let Shaq do it 5 times a game at the beginning of last decade. I have no idea how it's not a travel to have both feet off the ground and not release the ball before landing.

This.

And he would always draw a lot of contact while doing it...which usually resulted in And 1's.

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL @ fans getting upset over a non-travel by The King..

Carmelo and Bynum are the worst off the top of my head when it comes to traveling..

[Bob Lanier]

That the NBA no longer regards it as a violation resulting in a loss of possession does not mean it is not a travel, which it assuredly is.

[Donkeybong]

doesnt look like a travel to me. Shaq used to do that move all the time.

[HarlemHeat37]

That the NBA no longer regards it as a violation resulting in a loss of possession does not mean it is not a travel, which it assuredly is.

Traveling is still a rule in the NBA..the rule book says that this specific type of incident can't be called traveling, therefore, this isn't a travel my dude..

[NewJerSpur]

Looked like a hop-step (he just really overdid the hopping part). What is a travel is that hop two-step garbage the NBA has gotten laxed on and makes guys look indefensible who would normally be average.

Regardless, I'm glad he and the Cavs caught the "L-Train" home tonight.....at least something went right.

[LnGrrrR]

A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

Looks like LeBron was within the rules.

That said... that rule seems spretty stupid. I mean, I always played with up and down rules, whereby if you go fully airborne, both feet, then you have to pass or shoot before you land.

But good catch nonetheless Chris. I'm still keeping it as a sig. :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Looked like a hop-step (he just really overdid the hopping part).


It's probably the vigorousness of the hopping that's off-putting to me. :lol

[NewJerSpur]

It's probably the vigorousness of the hopping that's off-putting to me. :lol

As high as he got up, he could've just laid the damn ball up. :lol

[Scola]

http://www.gifsoup.com/view/426462/lebron-crab-dribble-o.gif

[AussieFanKurt]

fucking hell, the NBA just keeps making the game easier. whats wrong with just having normal rules?

[XFactor]

NBA Rule Book: A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step. In this situation, the player may not pivot with either foot and if one or both feet leave the floor the ball must be released before either returns to the floor.

So not a travel......

[LnGrrrR]

NBA Rule Book: A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step. In this situation, the player may not pivot with either foot and if one or both feet leave the floor the ball must be released before either returns to the floor.

So not a travel......

Yes, that was brought up before.

I'm still not a fan of the bunny hop... especially when it's more of a monster hop. :lol

[Capt Bringdown]

The running Horns used to use a similar hop step when they were coached by Tom Penders.
Travis May and co.

[stretch]

If you do a hop step off of one foot, then pivot after landing, it would be a travel. If you jump back up, its not. However, if you do a hop step off two feet, then you are allowed to pivot without being called for a travel.

Not a travel.

[dickface]

That the NBA no longer regards it as a violation resulting in a loss of possession does not mean it is not a travel, which it assuredly is.

Well you're more than welcome to call it a travel to your heart's content in the peewee leagues.

[BronxCowboy]

Looks like LeBron was within the rules.

That said... that rule seems spretty stupid.

Agreed. That rule is very stupid, unless you consider that it was implemented specifically to accomodate LeBron James. Then it's not so much stupidity as blatant favoritism. The REALLY stupid part is that this rule didn't exist in the Shaq/Kobe Lakers days, yet as some posters have already pointed out, they never called it on Shaq and Kobe. If they had called everything on Shaq exactly as the rulebook prescribed, he would have either changed his game a lot, or would never have averaged more than 21-22 ppg.

[D2Procon]

I would love to see someone do the same exact move Lebron did but jump even higher when they do that bounce....

[ffadicted]

LMAO the assistant coach for boston makes this a legendary gif

[cheguevara]

that's not a step. that's a jump. gotta be a travel call in real bball rules.

[Giuseppe]

fucking hell, the NBA just keeps making the game easier. whats wrong with just having normal rules?

A ^game^ it is not.

[dickface]

If they called traveling to the letter of the law, the NBA would be almost as boring as the WNBA. You think you hate it, but we're all better off when LeBron/Kobe/Manu gets let off the hook for their nonstop traveling.

[T2150]

no travel. just a superior jump stop

[BronxCowboy]

If they called traveling to the letter of the law, the NBA would be almost as boring as the WNBA. You think you hate it, but we're all better off when LeBron/Kobe/Manu gets let off the hook for their nonstop traveling.

The real reason WNBA is more boring than the NBA is that the players are slower, smaller, and have less leaping ability on the average. It has nothing to do with how the game is called. Less of the action occurs above the rim, plain and simple.

[dickface]

Do you know how often players travel when attacking the basket? Do you know how hard it is to put on an awe-inspiring display of athleticism within the boundaries of what some would want traveling to be?

Calling traveling nonstop would inhibit alot of the drives/dunks that make the NBA fun to watch. Players would eventually get frustrated and just jack up jumpers nonstop. We'd have 32 Dallas Mavericks franchises, basically. Is that the NBA you want?

And this isn't some recent phenomena. Dudes have been traveling for decades. Traveling is called just fine imho. Call the truly undeniable blatant stuff, but for the most part let some shit slide.

If you want to watch shitty, boring basketball where everybody takes only 1.5 steps and never travels, I believe there's a southern Whites Only league starting up. Tickets are going fast!

[Strike]

It's not like Stern is gonna make the signature move of his current golden boy against the rules. :lol

[AussieFanKurt]

I don't know why they have such trouble not travelling according to real rules, its really quite sad. That they have to change the rule so they can get away with doing shit like LeCrab and others. What fucking bullshit

[stretch]

I don't know why they have such trouble not travelling according to real rules, its really quite sad. That they have to change the rule so they can get away with doing shit like LeCrab and others. What fucking bullshit

I don't think it's really changing any rules. It's just clarifying the rule already set in place... 2 STEPS.

What Lebron did in the end, was take the 2 steps he is allowed. He may have done it in an unusual and rather large manner, but it was 2 steps regardless. He killed the dribble as he was leaping off his 1 foot. So when he landed on and jumped off of both feet, that equates to 2 steps.

Not a travel by any means. Just an unorthodox way of taking them that a lot of people don't take advantage of.

Obviously a lot of people here are too damn stupid to understand what 2 steps consist of.

[Chomag]

I don't think it's really changing any rules. It's just clarifying the rule already set in place... 2 STEPS.

What Lebron did in the end, was take the 2 steps he is allowed. He may have done it in an unusual and rather large manner, but it was 2 steps regardless. He killed the dribble as he was leaping off his 1 foot. So when he landed on and jumped off of both feet, that equates to 2 steps.

Not a travel by any means. Just an unorthodox way of taking them that a lot of people don't take advantage of.

Obviously a lot of people here are too damn stupid to understand what 2 steps consist of.

That was not a step that was a full leap. So your saying a player taking a jump shot can jump up in the air and come right down with the ball and go up again? thats travling last time I checked but who knows this day and age.

[stretch]

That was not a step that was a full leap. So your saying a player taking a jump shot can jump up in the air and come right down with the ball and go up again? thats travling last time I checked but who knows this day and age.

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Go do some research on rules, you fucking idiot.

[dickface]

So your saying a player taking a jump shot can jump up in the air and come right down with the ball and go up again?

the hell? in what way possible could a human being dribble the ball, jump off one foot, kill his dribble, attempt a jump shot, and land? I guess if LeBron had faked a shot in the middle of his jump stop, then that could happen. And it would still be legal as far as I know. But that's not technically a jump shot.

I'm not sure if you know this but most people shoot jump shots with both feet on the floor to begin with.

[Medvedenko]

Imagine taking a layup off one foot, landing on both feet and then jumping and laying it in....a travel in my book.

[BlackSwordsMan]

so if a kangaroo can play basketball it'll be alright for him not to dribble all he has to do is jump around the court because it isn't traveling?

[hitmanyr2k]

Imagine taking a layup off one foot, landing on both feet and then jumping and laying it in....a travel in my book.

I think it all depends when you discontinue your dribble. Lebron takes three dribbles. On that last dribble it coincided with his feet leaving the ground. There really weren't anymore steps. It was just one big giant bunny hop that counted as his two steps. It's too close to call really. I think it was just the exaggerated height he got on the jumpstop that made it look ridiculous :lol

[Chomag]

You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Go do some research on rules, you fucking idiot.

Dude, I swear it wasn't me that shot your dog.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

NBA is rigged league. I do not see why this is even a topic. Everyone knows it is like pro wrestling.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Honestly looking at that play in slo-mo Lebron really didn't take two steps before the hop. Look at his dribble. A split second before that hop Lebron took a dribble and really didn't take one single step after that. That dribble went right into the hop. So Doc counting steps and then the hop is plain wrong. Shaq used to do that big hop into a jumphook all the time during the Laker 3 peat years.

Shaq was always travel and also always did offensive foul. Because at that time league was rigged for him.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/7097/the-two-step

cy@

That is not what he did.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Not a travel


http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... e-two-step


A progressing player who jumps off one foot on the first step may land with both feet simultaneously for the second step.

You need glasses.

[stretch]

Imagine taking a layup off one foot, landing on both feet and then jumping and laying it in....a travel in my book.

Neat.

Unfortunately for you, you obviously don't have a fucking clue what you are talking about either, and further, your book isn't the rule book for high school, college, NBA, and FIBA either. So no one gives a shit about whats good in your book, moron.

[stretch]

I think it all depends when you discontinue your dribble. Lebron takes three dribbles. On that last dribble it coincided with his feet leaving the ground. There really weren't anymore steps. It was just one big giant bunny hop that counted as his two steps. It's too close to call really. I think it was just the exaggerated height he got on the jumpstop that made it look ridiculous :lol

EXACTLY. If he had done a normal little bunny hop that most people do, no one would have given a shit, because its legal. But now fucking idiots like Chomag and Medvedenko are inadvertently trying to say that there is a limit on how high you can jump.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

You cannot jump in the air and come back down with the ball under any circumstance. This is stated in NBA rule book. That is a travel. Anyone that say it is not a travel is not very intelligent.

[stretch]

You cannot jump in the air and come back down with the ball under any circumstance. This is stated in NBA rule book. That is a travel. Anyone that say it is not a travel is not very intelligent.

You can if your dribble was alive prior to the jump. If your dribble has already been killed, then no, you can't.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

EXACTLY. If he had done a normal little bunny hop that most people do, no one would have given a shit, because its legal. But now fucking idiots like Chomag and Medvedenko are inadvertently trying to say that there is a limit on how high you can jump.

It say right in NBA rules player cannot leave his feet with ball in his hands and then come back to the floor with the ball still. This is rule no matter if you have just made 500 dribbles or not.

It seem you do not even know basic rules of basketball.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

You can if your dribble was alive prior to the jump. If your dribble has already been killed, then no, you can't.

Wrong. LeBron has possession of ball and stops dribbling then he jumps and comes back to the floor. This is a travel in any league, even in NBA.

[Chomag]

EXACTLY. If he had done a normal little bunny hop that most people do, no one would have given a shit, because its legal. But now fucking idiots like Chomag and Medvedenko are inadvertently trying to say that there is a limit on how high you can jump.

LOL, sorry didn't mean to get you so butt hurt there dude.

[TampaDude]

Kobe/LeBron/DWade, etc. often take an extra step when driving to the basket...refs typically don't call that a travel if the player is in the lane going up for a shot. Technically, yes, that's traveling by the rules, but it's almost never called.

[dickface]

You cannot jump in the air and come back down with the ball under any circumstance.

ummmmmmmmm, then what are rebounds?

[dickface]

EVERYTHING IS TRAVELING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FUCKING FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey how about we just replace basketball with games of HORSE. that way nobody travels.

problem solved!

[dickface]

Kobe/LeBron/DWade, etc. often take an extra step when driving to the basket...refs typically don't call that a travel if the player is in the lane going up for a shot. Technically, yes, that's traveling by the rules, but it's almost never called.

:tu and i have no problem with that whatsoever.

[024]

that looks like a jump stop to me. lebron james is just ridiculously athletic so his jump was crazy high.

[duhoh]

i thought it was an exaggerated pro-hop TBH

[Kibic]

I am from Europe. James have traveled a lot. But this is not traveling. If we can agree that Rivers is wrong when counting first two steps. I only see dribble, one foot step-(jump), landing on two foots and jump shot. Classic finish.

[stretch]

:tu

even a moron from europe can see this is not a travel