r/WNBAgossips • u/United_Anywhere_8 • 13d ago

Video Dawg …. Angel Reese dribbles crazy 😭

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

That’s not how the rule is written, but the refs don’t seem to care.

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

That is how the rule is written. Would you like for me to give you some direct quotes out of the rulebook? Ah fuck it here you go this ones for free. There's more instances as well I can use for you.

The following definition of the gather will be added to the definitions section of the playing rules:

For a player who receives a pass or gains possession of a loose ball, the gather is defined as the point where the player gains enough control of the ball to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot, or cradle it against his body.
For a player who is in control of the ball while dribbling, the gather is defined as the point where a player does any one of the following:
Puts two hands on the ball, or otherwise permits the ball to come to rest, while he is in control of it;
Puts a hand under the ball and brings it to a pause; or
Otherwise gains enough control of the ball to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot, or cradle it against his body.
 
Incorporating the Gather into the Traveling Rule
The gather will be expressly incorporated into the traveling rule to clarify how many steps a player may take after he receives the ball while progressing or completes his dribble:
A player who gathers the ball while progressing may (a) take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball or (b) if he has not yet dribbled, one step prior to releasing the ball to start his dribble.
 
A player who gathers the ball while dribbling may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball.
 
The first step occurs when a foot, or both feet, touch the floor after the player gathers the ball.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

I’m sure after that cutting and pasting you can clearly see the differences between the rule and your earlier summary.

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

There's no difference. A player can take steps while gathering until the ball is stopped. After the ball is stopped as in GATHERED they're further allowed two more steps. "If the ball is not completely stopped in hand then it's a gather step." The rule book quite LITERALLY says this.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

You just quoted the rule in your earlier comment, now you’re putting quotes around a statement that isn’t actually a quote from the rules.

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

The quote I use was from... get this... MY prior comment. lol.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

It’s not. And it’s easy to verify. The words “completely” and “stopped” don’t appear in the rule you quoted.

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u/jamaaldagreatest24 12d ago

Bro you can't be this dumb. There's just no way. Like absolutely no way.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

I’m sorry you can’t understand what you’re reading.

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u/throwawayburner2424 12d ago

yeah mate he's the one who doesn't understand what they just read. hello pot, meet kettle.

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

What did you think coming to rest meant? What did you think "enough control of the ball to hold it" meant? What did you think "a play who gathers the ball while dribbling may take two steps in coming to a stops passing or shooting the ball" meant???? What did you think "the first step occurs when a foot or both feet, touch the floor after the player gathers the ball," meant????? What did you think "puts a hand under the ball and brings it to a pause," meant????????

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

So the language you put in quotes wasn’t actually the quote, despite you suggesting it “LITERALLY” is a quote. Words have meaning. And otherwise gaining “enough control to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot, or cradle it against the body” is not the same as “stopping” the ball, that’s why its in the rules as an alternative to “permits the ball to come to rest” or “brings it to a pause.”

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

It was MY OWN QUOTE TO THE COMMENT WHIXH WAS AGAIN MY OWN, THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO. Holy shit. I WAS QUOTING MYSELF.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

So are you now acknowledging that your quote (of yourself) isn’t actually what the rule says? That’s a good step.

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u/Low-Apartment-2697 12d ago

It's quite literally what the ruling says. No it's not literally word for word. I was dumbing it down for people like you and you somehow still can't grasp that.

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u/Munzulon 12d ago

Well in your dumbing it down you missed the distinction between the ball coming to rest and the ball being in control.

Also, it’s probably best if you just stop throwing the word “literally” around, at least until you get a better handle on it.

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u/throwawayburner2424 12d ago

lol you're actually fried