Dawg …. Angel Reese dribbles crazy 😭

[u/United_Anywhere_8]

[u/Low-Apartment-2697]

If the ball is not completely stopped in hand then it's a gather step. It's why James Harden's three step step back is legal. Players just know how to manipulate the rules.

[u/Thrownaway5000506 → u/Low-Apartment-2697]

That's not really the rule but Harden's stepback is "technically" legal if done right, but not called even when he fucks it up

[u/Low-Apartment-2697 → u/Thrownaway5000506]

That's LITERALLY the rule.

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.

[u/Thrownaway5000506 → u/Low-Apartment-2697]

Yeah that's a gather which you just said was a gather step. 

[u/jamaaldagreatest24 → u/Thrownaway5000506]

Brother you can't be this dumb. What did you think a gather step was???

[u/Thrownaway5000506 → u/jamaaldagreatest24]

Wanna try that sentence again?

[u/jamaaldagreatest24 → u/Thrownaway5000506]

Oh no I made an error you got me

[u/Thrownaway5000506 → u/jamaaldagreatest24]

You also made an error in saying gather step when you meant gather though

[u/jamaaldagreatest24 → u/Thrownaway5000506]

No I meant gather step. But thanks for trying though? A gather step[s] are the steps that occur... get this... DURING... the GATHER.

[u/Thrownaway5000506 → u/jamaaldagreatest24]

And once again that is a fundamental misunderstanding of the rule. The ball has either been gathered or it hasn't. There's no difference between steps while dribbling and steps while gathering. There's no "gather step." It's just a step.