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What in the world is Jokic doing here?😭 Bro might be a worse flopper than SGA!

I almost never quote folks but this fellow has been belligerently ignorant so it's time to have an intervention. He thinks that while u step onto the non pivot foot, and both feet are off the ground by 2 inches for a split second, that that is a "jump" and thereby makes ALL 1 footed step thrus a travel. He then thinks that the mountain of evidence we've shown of refs correctly NOT blowing their whistles are all bad calls, every single one, for the past 100 years. He thinks the rules we continue to cite are wrong, and he tries to cite a ref in a text to him saying "travel" as his proof when we know that whatever play that ref is talking about is most definitely not talking about a 1 footed step thru. I was just at an elite level HS game and saw a perfect 1 footed step thru and not only did the refs not blow the whistle, no one in the audience said anything other than "nice move!" because we all know this has been legal since the invention of the dribble. If you're not teaching this move, you're doing your players a disservice and if you insist it's a travel publicly, you're spreading complete and utter misinformation. It might not be this coach's fault, per se, since his personality type might fall under a category of "rigid thinking" that prohibits folks from admitting they're wrong and accepting new information if it goes against something ingrained a long time ago. But at some point, in the name of progress and improving as a coach, those icicles must thaw, self reflection is needed, and everyone will be better for it. I have faith that one day this Factory fellow will stop churning out bad sausage and create moves of beautiful footwork.

This is what happens when people confuse the rule that governs starting a dribble (u can't lift pivot) and shooting or passing (u can lift pivot). Add a healthy dose of rigid thinking and refusal to admit you're wrong, and here we are, sadly

Absolutely fascinating. Derek Fisher and Notre Dame's coach started getting into it in the middle of the game. And a woman (Fisher's wife?) in the stands behind the bench started getting upset and they just ejected her from the gym

Feels like I'm back in 1955, wondering when Marty McFly will walk on stage 😂

Injury Report ahead of tomorrow's game against the Pistons: QUESTIONABLE: Christian Braun (Left Ankle Sprain) OUT: Aaron Gordon (Right Hamstring Strain) Cameron Johnson (Right Knee Bone Bruise) #MileHighBasketball

High-IQ stuff from Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić at All-Star 2024 🤣 They are both starters for NBA All-Star 2026, beginning on Sunday, 2/15 at 5pm/et on NBC & Peacock!

Window or aisle? Debate 👇

Time to jet 🛫

LeBron An All Star??

👏 JAMAL LEADING THE WAY TO LA 👏 Jamal Murray has been exactly what the Nuggets have needed this season, and now he's a first-time All-Star!

"It's fun to have that type of relationship with the best player in the world." In their 10th season as teammates, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić are heading to the All-Star Game together for the first time 🌟🌟

So it seems clear there are a number of folks out here that didn't see her last dribble because the defender obscured it from this camera angle.

So they just went back to No Middle defense. Something that was developed in no small part by... Tom Thibodeau

Final

One Q remains

Capped a quick 7-0 run 😤

P-Wat from the 🔝

RT IF YOU'RE READY FOR SECOND HALF HOOPS!

While folks might be "happy" that SGA suddenly isn't getting the same whistle since Finch went nuts, the actual numbers don't bare that out. But I'm sure they're happy to see this one:

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This just tells me my work is not done here. This move has always been legal at all levels of basketball, and this Dan fellow simply got wrong information when he was a kid,which is why he thinks it's switching pivot when it's really just legally lifting it off the floor to shoot

Mal moves for THREEE

JV went to work 🚧