[Highlight]SGA spins and scores against three Philly defenders
Which foot is his pivot?
It’s vibes based
Rule of cool
He comes into a jump stop so he can choose pivot from there. He chooses his left foot but travels and drags it like a mfer, which confusingly makes it look like his right foot is actually his pivot.
Even calling it a drag is generous.
Thank you for explaining this so I don’t have to.
Ngl the comment you replied to is a great example of why online nba discourse is so bad… this isn’t a travel unless you want to nitpick everyone on their spin moves. A jump stop to reset pivots on either foot was literally preached and abused by Kobe and Hakeem…
This is blasphemy
It’s not, this is common footwork in the post
I literally watched Hakeem for 15 years of my life day in and day out. He didn’t travel. I saw all of Kobe’s career and don’t recall him blatantly breaking rules like SGA. You’re making stuff up.
No they didn’t travel I never said they did. I said they used jump stomps as a way to reset pivot feet so they can use either foot. It’s not a travel, and the ones in this thread saying Shai doing that move is a travel because they don’t understand how pivot feet work straight don’t understand footwork. The only “travel” is how his foot dragged a big but that happens in everyone’s moves and is extremely nit picky.
Also you can literally watch videos of Kobe and Hakeem explaining this move.
Ok that’s a more civilized response than I expected, so respect for that. I watched this in slow motion a few times, and to me I see him taking two steps after the jump stop, which is a travel.
Canadians are born with two pivot feet.
Most Variable Pivot
If I could award you, I would
Yes.
Foul on /u/americanbeaver. His first of the night, SGA goes to the foul line
Both
Something something gather step
The 3rd 🤷🏻♂️.
Yes
NBA would be better if they explained rules on tv bc instead of enjoying highlights they do this
That’s the thing when you watch MJ highlights. He does all this legitimately. He properly keeps his pivot foot down then jump off BOTH feet. Players these days get to switch pivot foot then jump off the other foot. That along with constantly carrying the ball and take 4 steps because of the gather rule.
Jordan’s famous baseline dunk on Ewing is an insane carry
https://youtu.be/gj5pzgfsu1M?si=zfuzwpa_HrUhQTib
The very first clip is Jordan picking up and dragging his pivot foot just like SGA does here.
The fuck are we doing? This man is traveling all over the damn place.
NBA killed basketball
Genuinely upsets me.
Legit stopped me watching NBA
Last time people were complaining about these things, MJ was playing.
Playing dance basketball
lalalalalalala wtf is a gather step i cant hear youuu lalalalalalala
But if they explained the rules, they would make it obvious that players are allowed to hop/drag their pivot foot like 2 feet.
I don’t actually think it is good to be too strict on foot drags, but this is ridiculous.
Explaining the rules doesn’t matter when their own refs don’t enforce them
Hakeem and Kobe literally abused jump stomp pivots all the time…
Lmao that a travel and a half
the off the glass assist the other day was a crazy travel too but i guess its nba
Wasn’t it meant for cool dunks, it makes it really hard to guard against.
(referring to players passing to themselves off the backboard, not sure if that is what you meant)
He slid his pivot all the way to okc and back on that spin before lobbing the ball against the board
And every time the commentary is ‘great footwork’. The NBA really needs to get a grip, this is getting called at international level.
Yeah idk which one is his pivot foot but he drags both
Not to mention all the players afraid to even get close to playing defense lol
But it looks great, so it doesn’t matter.
Refs let SGA break every damn rule in the book. bUt MvP
i’m sure other players are not allowed to do anything illegal
yeah that means let’s not call an obvious travel when we see one.
mental gymnastics
You dont for other highlights though
You only care when its SGA 👀
?? I’m happy to call a travel when a player travels, y’all got a victim complex lmao.
straight up jumping through hoops and saying “what about”
It’s okay to only care about sga travels man, if ant traveled on a good shot id never shut up about it all love man🫶🏾
how is this not an obvious travel, can a thunder fan explain
I’m a thunder fan, so that doesn’t look like a travel to me.
I didn’t need to see the flair to know which fanbase this was from ☠️
Almost like they stated of which team they’re a fan of at the beginning of the comment. You are impressively perceptive.
Players gets lot of leeway when it comes to dragging their pivot foot so while maybe a travel by the books it is never called in the NBA
he straight up picks his pivot and takes another step to jump off it. That’s not a drag, it’s an extra step
Its almost like the refs gave him 2 gather steps here, because you clearly see 1 gather step and then a whole nother gather step that leads to a pump, which leads to the final 2 steps.
I get what people are saying about him lifting his left foot up but acting like he took 5 steps is ridiculous
which is after maxey slid into him late causing the contact in the first place, maxey couldve got a blocking foul here (albeit soft) as much as a travel from SGA (albeit soft as well)
I think he just lost his footing after colliding with the defender. He loves to do that quick spin move in the lane and most of the time it’s legal (no dragged pivot). There was no advantage to traveling there so I don’t think it’s intentional if I were to guess
This is egregious even for modern NBA standards and I’m worried it’s only going to be more common with every season. There should definitely be some leeway when it comes to travel calls but this is going way too far.
This shit happens more plays than not. You don’t gotta be mad just cause it’s Shai
Sub acting like homie jogged the full court without dribbling. For those who don’t watch anything besides short clips on Reddit, this stuff typically doesn’t get called.
I’ve seen Giannis take 7 steps to the basket before lmao. Giannis just didn’t gentlemens sweep baby mama drama and piss of the jokkkic cult by beating them in the playoffs.
Right like it had no impact on the play at all lol people here so up in their feelings 24⁄7 about Shai it’s crazy
It’s telling that not a single opposing player signaled for it or complained. If it’s so egregious like these comments are indicating, then you’d assume someone would say something.
Because all the players are getting the same treatment on offense and they know no ref will call it. It’s like if we all complained every time someone drove 9 mph over the limit. 10 over is accepted practice now
Correct, so why is everyone freaking out and clutching their pearls in these comments?
You don’t necessarily notice this as a player. That’s what refs are for. Rules shouldn’t be enforced based on how much the other team notices them not being followed.
I don’t know why you are singling out thunder fans for this. Literally all nba players do this shit all the time.
Play in champs can’t handle losing a playoff series. It had to be cheating!!!
Why ask a thunder fan instead of a referee or the league? lol
Do you think we teach players ourselves to do this shit? I swear minnesota is still pissy after losing the WCF and having bum leadership
I ask a thunder fan because most other fans including me are biased against SGA, and even if a Thunder fan is biased the other way they might still have some key insight that others miss
you think everyone is just biased out the ass? anthony edwards child support when
i think ref decided real time play on, cause maxey couldve also been called for a blocking foul for sliding into SGA last second there too.
Realistically refs are probably too busy watching if there’s contact on the drive to watch his feet, but yeah it’s a missed call
It’s not an obvious travel because none of the refs blew the whistle. Hope that helps!
Comments are so stupid because if any other star did this they would get love
Prove it. Post a travel and see what reaction you get. I’ve seen plenty of stars get called out for no call travels.
Do you really think this is the first highlight that’s ever been posted here that had a “well actually 🤓☝🏼” travel lol
Link one
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/lrkIPVAv5k
Literally just looked up “spins” and this was one of the first ones lmao you can’t be real
MJ moved his pivot all the time
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/lrkIPVAv5k btw
Lmfao the reactions between that post and this one tells you all you need to know about this sub.
Luka, Jokic, Wendy.
500000000+ upvotes ⬆️📈
Jokic would have 19k upvotes
I remember there was a cut of him and westbrook making the mosic basic simple passes to each other posted last year and it literally got like 15k upvotes lmao it was baffling
Jokic has some of the best highlight passes in recent memory, I’m sure you’re ignoring some context if it was a basic pass
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/ryMJUycRgv
2 passes that happen basically every game 😭😭
Damn that post is embarrassing
Reddit loves its Wendys
Victor Wendanyama
I don’t care who’s doing it the rules of this bullshit league are humorous at this point.
Everyone suddenly turns into a stickler for the rules whenever it’s Shai lmao
Sure
Yeah sure
These people are obsessed/miserable. The NBA hasn’t called this a travel ever
More like “in the last 15 years”. This would have been calle travel before 2010 9.9 out of 10 times.
This is just a normal superstar call. It’s a travel when young players do it, but guys like Jordan and Hakeem have been getting away with it since the late 80s.
thank you lmao
It’s humorous at this point.
This is really not that bad of a travel lmao. I promise you plays like this happen 10+ times a game and go uncalled
Which, sure, can be said to be a problem in itself, but makes posts like this highlighting one instance obvious engagement bait cashing in on SGA’s haters
I mean I posted it because idgaf if it’s a travel, I see those uncalled all the time and I still found it impressive lmao
the tantrum from people in the comments is just kind of a bonus
I’m old enough to remember when people were raging about how MJ foul baits. Pretty good company SGA is in.
Fair enough, I stand corrected, you just love ball
Yeah, this isn’t that bad. I thought the post was about how quickly he stops
Yeah that’s a travel lmao
But SGA never gets any offensive calls. Shit is a joke
My whole thought process is, if the refs really are swallowing their whistle for them, why? Why OKC? That’s like, the lamest city, in the lamest state in the entire NBA. They have zero charisma, zero players who could they could market, like just……why? I don’t get it.
Jokic would foul out at half if they called all his offensive fouls
best thunder ever
It doesn’t even matter if his left foot or right foot was a pivot foot, he lifted both of the ground when he span what is that.
The number of steps isnt an issue here but rather changing his left foot pivot from his heel to his toe.
From what I can see, he gathers while in Maxey’s body, spins with his left and doesnt put his right foot down till he’s in the air already. Technically thats’s ok. The actual problem is that his pivot changes from his heel to his toe, which would be a travel since his foot would have moved.
As much as I show disdain towards the refs, that is probably hard as hell to catch in real time especially when he has 3 bodies around him reducing visibility
He doesn’t just move from heel to toe, he moves where his entire foot is
Huge SGA hater here but deadass didn’t see it as a travel live lol. So obvious on replay though.
I swear if SGA were to take off from the logo and dunk over Wemby standing on Yao Ming shoulders and people in this sub would be: “That’s an offensive foul”
I’m shocked it wasn’t called a foul. There was contact and he was in traffic.
maxey slid into him late as hell too, ref saw him stay on his feet and pivot so he gave him leeway instead of calling a foul probs.
This is on the refs not him. That shit was stupid obvious.
3 refs, 2 announcers, and 5 sixers on the court thought it was clean but Reddit comments wanna hate bc they don’t actually watch the sport
He messes up on the jump stop and lands with his left foot first after also jumping off of his left foot. So it’s just objectively a hop travel before even get into the pivot foot stuff.
People not caring about travels anymore because that’s simply the state of the league now doesn’t mean it was actually clean.
yeah, what a foul baiter /s
and 1
Suspect pivot foot yes, egregious not by r/nba travel highlight standards. This wasn’t a stroll but it wasn’t quite a traction issue either.
Travel
Yep
I’m just here to laugh at all you miserable chuckle-fucks
In this economy?
4 steps lol
Jesus! How many steps do you get now? Did the rules change? And was that Paul George who doesn’t jump at all wtf kind of defense is that. This shit is rigged
Holy shit what an amazing travel.
NBA should have a mandate for different color shoes on each foot so the refs can easily see the travel
Is that not a travel? 🤔
Purely as a fan: FIBA > modern NBA.
Giannis does this like 3x per game. Would be nice if Giannis got the sane whistle as SGA tho
Nasty work by the refs
That was more traveling than I did visiting my family for Christmas.
Counter for everything
How can refs sleep at night?
Lots of steps
What even is traveling anymore.
That’s a travel
Well damn
Maybe I’m spoiled from watching Kyrie do stuff like this (but way better) for so long
Blatant travel Jesus
travel
Numbnuts cant talk about FTs anymore so now they wanna say ‘Travelling 🤓’
he has eyes on the back of his head
This sub is so miserable lmfao. I legitimately feel bad for people who post here all day long
Yeah this looked about how I expected lol I can’t remember the last time a Shai play has been posted here that wasn’t flooded by people pissing themselves about whatever they could find to be mad about
SGA-Shrug.gif
People are mad about the slight travel, and while technically true, it’s a level of traveling that most if not all stars get away with nightly.
The larger problem here IMO is just how unwilling/unable the defenders are to be physical in any way to Shai bc of the whistle he gets.
Gather step, jump stop (1&2), 3, 4. This is like the second clip of Shai taking 5+ steps in the past week
Pivot and a jump. Pretty common especially given all the other teams 😂
SGA of the Oklahoma City Globetrotters does it again!!
He really is amazing when he actually plays basketball.
James Harden ran so SGA can use a plane to travel.
That’s an odd looking free throw
plays like this hold no weight when people are too scared to touch you
unwatchable bs
Amazing what you can pull off when the refs love you
It’s called a travel
FTFY
Hop gather one two step and up
More of this and less flopping please
More watching and less complaining please
Yall are really miserable in here why even follow the NBA
Worst player in the league
“Defenders”
“Spins”
So now in addition flopping, flailing and pushing off he can prance around without dribbling. Fun.
Why did he stay on his feet the whole play? It’s not sga basketball if he doesnt land on the ground somehow smh
But he airballed a 3 earlier
are you guys capable of saying anything positive about the Thunder? Every time I see an OKC highlight it’s just constant shitting on something. 90% of this sub doesn’t even watch nba & it’s so obvious
He moved his pivot…
Have you watched Jalen Brunson play basketball? Just curious.
Both are bad, yes.
Brunson foul baits way more than SGA too. Swear to god, that little guy spent half the playoffs laying on the court.
Nah brunson doesn’t do this to the degree of sga. Sure every now and then but his whole game is predicated on footwork. Sga likes his bump off extra step moves way more. Just facts.
Someone didn’t get called from Traveling in the NBA??????
I remember when I was a little kid watching an NBA game with my dad in the 90s. I asked “Didn’t he travel?” and my dad said “People travel in the NBA all of the time. They hardly ever call it.”
If it gets posted as a highlight and it’s a travel, it feels reasonable for people to point that out. Why do you expect other fans to celebrate a player traveling?
Sure it’s traveling in high school and college. But it’s just not really a call that gets called in the NBA, and it’s a big yawn when that’s the first thing that people say about any highlight play like that. Plus, comments for any Shai highlight are mostly “travel” and “push off”. Today was the first time I’ve clicked on any OKC comment threads in awhile because it’s just not fun anymore.
It’s traveling in the NBA too. It’s not like somebody went and found the clip to hatepost, a Thunder fan posted it as a highlight and people calling it a travel are rightly pointing out that it detracts from the play. That happens for any player, Shai just happens to have had two plays like this in the past few days.
You can’t be serious
It is a travel imo. The problem is this sub becomes pretty aggressive when it comes to SGA and the Thunder team. I remember a pretty egregious Giannis travel from this season and even though this sub called it out ,the answers were more relaxed and sarcastic.
Stop licking the boot
sir this is r/nba we don’t enjoy basketball here