Pretty serious implications levied against NBA in regards to Jeremy Lin

That's a terrible thing to say.

 

I just wish the knee jerk reaction wasn't always, "That's racist!"

Not everything is racist. Some things are just people being assholes.

 

So, hypothetically, if he catches the ball with his toes on his left foot leaving, but still on the ground, that means that right when they lift of the ground, it's s travel? That call would happen in only a couple tenths of a second, and would make it impossible to catch the ball on the run.

It was always my opinion that you had to have a pivot foot unless you were on the run. If you were on the run you can take 2 steps, but they have to be fluid.

 

I saw two flagrents, the Kobe and the LA one. The rest just prove how weak the NBA has become in regards to fans expecting a flagrent every time a guy gets hit.

 

Sometimes that reaction is right. And like it or not I think that's something you need to come to terms with.

 

No. You may lift your pivot foot. It is legal to lift it. You must however be shooting or passing.

When thinking about catching the ball on the run, picture a 3 man weave: When doing this drill there is no dribbling. 4 things happen in succession: A pass, catching the ball, taking 2 steps, then either passing again or shooting the layup. Every one of us has done this drill or can at least picture it right? The reason why it's legal to take the 2 steps in between passing and making the layup is because is it legal to pick up the pivot foot while passing or shooting.

Ok so when you catch the ball on the run and you immediately put it on the floor to dribble, that's legal. Now... Picture taking the 2 steps after catching the ball. After taking those steps you may NOT dribble. That is (at the college, HS level) an automatic traveling call. The NBA misses this call often.

Now, If your feet are not touching the ground you do not have a pivot foot. If both feet land at the same time (jump stop after dribbling) you do not have a pivot foot and you can choose either one.

 

He would be David Blaine the friggin levitator! No JK.. Lol tbh I'm having a hard time picturing what you're describing.

 

Haha. I know. That show (hilarious as a MF) is the exact same show as Blackish. It does what I say we all should do and that's punch racism in the mouth by making fun of it.

 

Fresh off the boat ...the term actually started with European immigrants at Ellis Island like these guys.

 

This.

 

It's like calling Italians "Wops"

I heard that stood for "With Out Papers."

 

Not really. New York and Boston Irishmen and Italians used the term FOB for their own relatives arriving to America. It meant you dressed like a foreigner and spoke with a heavy accent or had very little English.

 

It's still really an attack on them being an immigrant. Wop was just specific to Italians for some reason. FOB has been more of a general term for immigrants.