Dave_7
01-05-2009, 09:03 PM
What he called a crab dribble (here) (http://www.faniq.com/video/Lebron-James-Crab-Dribble-Is-Called-For-Traveling-Causes-The-Cavaliers-To-Lose-8077-To-The-Wizards-YouTube-11995) .... first, a crab dribble is not that... and second, he did travel.
What he thought he was doing was taking a hop, then jumping off of both feet (which is legal)... but he took the hop, then took two more steps instead of planting off of both and going up (as he seems to describe to the ref later in the above linked quote). But he didn't do what he thought he did.
A crab step is probably what he means... that's when you're holding the ball (usually with your back to the basket and your feet quite far apart), bounce it once with both hands very low while you move toward the basket, then go up.
Dave.
What he thought he was doing was taking a hop, then jumping off of both feet (which is legal)... but he took the hop, then took two more steps instead of planting off of both and going up (as he seems to describe to the ref later in the above linked quote). But he didn't do what he thought he did.
A crab step is probably what he means... that's when you're holding the ball (usually with your back to the basket and your feet quite far apart), bounce it once with both hands very low while you move toward the basket, then go up.
Dave.