It still looks like traveling to me
October 19, 2015 6:32 AM Subscribe
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I've been watching basketball for decades and find the NBA one useful for getting some of the nitty gritty "this is a foul this isn't here's why" stuff I feel like I've been missing; being able to sit and rewatch the videos over and over again with explanation is really helpful. I'm not much of a hockey fan, but I find the player discipline videos oddly...calming, I guess. I really like them.
Anyway as a college basketball first and foremost and Carolina fan most of all, my "favorite" egregious missed travel is this.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 6:53 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Anyway as a college basketball first and foremost and Carolina fan most of all, my "favorite" egregious missed travel is this.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 6:53 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Travelling: ERROR: NO VIDEOS FOUND
posted by leotrotsky at 6:54 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by leotrotsky at 6:54 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Technical Foul, Overt Gesture, throws mouth piece at scorer’s table
posted by swift at 7:29 AM on October 19, 2015
posted by swift at 7:29 AM on October 19, 2015
Every single one of those fouls should be a Bill Laimbeer foul.
posted by NoMich at 7:31 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by NoMich at 7:31 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
I find it amusing that the Miami Heat (my favorite team) seems to be over-represented in these.
posted by oddman at 7:42 AM on October 19, 2015
posted by oddman at 7:42 AM on October 19, 2015
Travel or Not Part 1: Introduction and Key Concepts
Tyson Weems
(there are a lot of parts!)
posted by bukvich at 7:50 AM on October 19, 2015
Tyson Weems
(there are a lot of parts!)
posted by bukvich at 7:50 AM on October 19, 2015
I stopped watching the NBA when they started allowing what my family calls the Euro step. That and the last two minutes of a game taking 20 minutes. And, the Knicks have a bonehead owner in Dolan. Finally, I happen to think it is fixed too, but that is highly unlikely and I can never prove it so I just stopped watching. Even the playoffs. I would rather watch the other pro teams like Kentucky and Duke.
posted by AugustWest at 9:12 AM on October 19, 2015
posted by AugustWest at 9:12 AM on October 19, 2015
"Bah! The Euro-Step?!?" is the get-off-my-lawn of NBA "fans" who harken back to the days when men were men, and you got to the championship by clotheslining the other players, not with silly, effete, European things like passing and shooting .
Yes, the travelling rule is rarely enforced. But would you really rather watch the '89 Pistons on the '94 Knicks than the 2015 Warriors? Watch 30-something Michael Jordan stick his butt out and back his man down on an iso to shoot yet another turnaround mid-range jumper? Not me. Pro basketball at the highest level is better than it has ever been and teams like the Warriors and Spurs execute a style of play that the drill master college coaches or yore could only dream of.
posted by thecjm at 10:22 AM on October 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
Yes, the travelling rule is rarely enforced. But would you really rather watch the '89 Pistons on the '94 Knicks than the 2015 Warriors? Watch 30-something Michael Jordan stick his butt out and back his man down on an iso to shoot yet another turnaround mid-range jumper? Not me. Pro basketball at the highest level is better than it has ever been and teams like the Warriors and Spurs execute a style of play that the drill master college coaches or yore could only dream of.
posted by thecjm at 10:22 AM on October 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
Admittedly, there is a little bit of "get offa my lawn" in my dislike for modern day NBA. I love Steph Curry and the Warriors. The Spurs play together like a team and to not like Pop who is such a lovable curmudgeon is well to not like basketball. I am old enough to have lived through many eras of NBA play. I was actually at the Willis Reed is coming out of the tunnel game. I know passing and shooting and still think Red Holzman is the best coach ever. I went to games when the Nets were Dr. J and Larry Keenon playing at the Island Arena before Nassau Coliseum was built. I went to many Charles Oakley slugfests. There is no doubt the talent level is amazing these days. Nowadays (ugh, did I just say that?), half of the NBA can shoot with the likes of World B Free. I just think that the one on one offensive skills have far outpaced the ability to defense them and adding the ability to euro-step is simply a marketing play to increase scoring. Games themselves are unwatchable to me, but watching the nightly highlights is terrific. The skill and athleticism is beyond anything I could have imagined 20 years ago.
posted by AugustWest at 11:49 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by AugustWest at 11:49 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
I feel the complete opposite about games now vs back in the day. I can't stand to watch older games from start to finish when they're on, and that's always classic games with big name stars. Can you imagine sitting through a 1990 Cavs-Hornets game? Highlight reels from back then are enough for me.
And today's offense outpacing the defense - that is a specific (and in my mind smart) reaction to the slow-paced, low scoring games of the 90's. Guards are freed to move with and without the ball without being held or pushed by the defense. If the trade-off to having no more hand-checking is some uncalled travelling, then it's worth it to me.
posted by thecjm at 12:13 PM on October 19, 2015
And today's offense outpacing the defense - that is a specific (and in my mind smart) reaction to the slow-paced, low scoring games of the 90's. Guards are freed to move with and without the ball without being held or pushed by the defense. If the trade-off to having no more hand-checking is some uncalled travelling, then it's worth it to me.
posted by thecjm at 12:13 PM on October 19, 2015
Flop or Not?
Oh Vlade, we always knew.
This was a helpful guide!
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:43 PM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh Vlade, we always knew.
This was a helpful guide!
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:43 PM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Maybe it is a function of the teams I have on local channels. If you think watching Melo go one on one, AGAIN, while one of his teammates is wide open is fun, then well we just disagree. I would agree with you that certain 1990s era games were thugfests. I am not even sure who was on the 1990 Cavs. Craig Ehlo?
But, I would watch a Larry-Magic game over a Kobe-LeBron game any day. That may be generational as my dad still claims that Bob Cousey and Oscar Robinson were the best guards ever, but I think it is the style of play.
Add to the fact that going to a game these days is painful too. It is a pain in the wallet. It is an assault on your senses, and they last too long.
Maybe you're right. I'll just say, "Hey you meddling kids, get your own ball. Get off my court."
posted by AugustWest at 3:23 PM on October 19, 2015
But, I would watch a Larry-Magic game over a Kobe-LeBron game any day. That may be generational as my dad still claims that Bob Cousey and Oscar Robinson were the best guards ever, but I think it is the style of play.
Add to the fact that going to a game these days is painful too. It is a pain in the wallet. It is an assault on your senses, and they last too long.
Maybe you're right. I'll just say, "Hey you meddling kids, get your own ball. Get off my court."
posted by AugustWest at 3:23 PM on October 19, 2015
When you say Euro step what exactly do you mean? Because a "Euro step" is a specific move used to score a layup.
If you just mean that travels are not called as much as they once were that may be true. However, in the age of instant replay I think it is a good thing that they don't waste even more time calling frivolous travels.
posted by rekced at 3:39 PM on October 19, 2015
If you just mean that travels are not called as much as they once were that may be true. However, in the age of instant replay I think it is a good thing that they don't waste even more time calling frivolous travels.
posted by rekced at 3:39 PM on October 19, 2015
If you think watching Melo go one on one, AGAIN, while one of his teammates is wide open is fun, then well we just disagree.
'Melo isolating is a dying style of play, though, the trend is much more toward teamwork, passing, and ball movement.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 6:20 AM on October 20, 2015
'Melo isolating is a dying style of play, though, the trend is much more toward teamwork, passing, and ball movement.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 6:20 AM on October 20, 2015
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