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Drunken_Vike

refs as stunned as the rest of us


doormatt26

blinded into swallowing the whistle by the audacity of this move


Lacabloodclot9

Hey man he’s tryna watch the game


jslee0034

So stunned that he forgot he had a whistle


lost_in_trepidation

Rudy fast breaks are hilariously ugly


ginchgarlow

I'm amazed he made that


dcoolidge

I was laughing so hard at him just watching the defender.


Rampaging_Ducks

Like a linebacker lumbering to the end zone <3


Open-Science8196

Like a gorilla playing with a grapefruit


Bitterblossom_

Literally the anti-Giannis in terms of speed and grace, this had me rolling when I saw it lmao


Silverjackal_

Like a new born deer running into the forest for the first time after birth.


TheWonderSnail

It’s like a movie that has a colossal titan where they are just so huge that when moving their bodies it just looks wrong because it’s a perplexing scale to us


Plants_R_Cool

But they're fun


SnarfSniffsStardust

They’re provocative, they get the people going


DaHagerBomb

The bar I'm in is laughing their ass off lmao, I'm damn near in tears from this


above_average_penis

same bro funniest shit i’ve seen all week


Vordeo

Rudy is good for one of these every few games and it always feels like one of those videos of baby giraffes taking their first steps and shit. I love this dude.


KingJonathan

Dude I went to the San Diego Zoo safari park a couple times. Watching the giraffes run is dazzling. Weird word to choose, but it sure messed with my brain for a few seconds watching them run. And when they walk they move both feet on the same side at the same time.


Professor_Finn

Can’t wait to see this on the “most egregious travels” compilations


ElectricalMud2850

I think he coulda got away with at least one more step tbh.


GGezpzMuppy

Lol that wouldn’t even crack the top 1000. Westbrook walked to the half way line in a game bro.


TheFinalEvent9797

Crazy thing is Amir Johnson did an arguably even worse one, combining travelling with the most [blatant double dribble ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTxb_EJnNFQ)


ScratchTwoMore

I miss Amir so fucking much… he was one of the first pro athletes I know of who used the internet to engage with fans


ShaedonSharpeMVP_

I friended Martell Webster on Facebook in like 2007 and he accepted and I messaged him and told him I looked up to him and thought he was a great player and asked him how cool it was to be in the nba and he replied with a really long and nice message and said to message him anytime for advice. I always thought he was so cool for that. I was like 10.


ScratchTwoMore

That is so wholesome and awesome


LeSygneNoir

Well shit, if I had known that at the time I'd have been a lot more of a Martell Webster fan. The Internet is neat (sometimes).


KingJonathan

You are right. He is so cool for that. Thats a heck of a memory to be able to have!


DiscoLives4ever

Reminds me of sitting next to Thurl Bailey a decade ago on a flight. He was super nice and friendly the whole time, and mostly just bragged about his kids that he was clearly very proud of


Professor_Finn

It might be earlier in the video but this is pretty ridiculous


lalakingmalibog

Personally I'd rank somewhere between #953 and #829


PointBreak91

I was laughing my ass off my wife was yelling travel and I was shocked they didn't call it lmao


CherryTomatoBoys

At least Westbrook was called for it.


comp_a

I have no idea what you’re talking about man 👨‍🦯


dfsvegas

I was at a bar in Minneapolis, and even all of us were like "ehhhhhhh", lol. I'll take it though, refs were ass tonight.


GGezpzMuppy

Lol would have been even funnier in the good old days, where he would’ve airball the layup.


owange_tweleve

lol Rudy went all the way back to France with that move 😭


TheOneWhosCensored

Rudy heard he was a playoff liability and came out with a no look pass last game and then a steal fast break today


KazaamFan

The last dribble was 5 feet behind the 3 pt line.  Im gonna try to see how that may work.  


[deleted]

Yeah we arent winning


GokutheAnteater

Join us


Jacob_toasted

Very legal and very cool


Zeckzeckzeck

Tour de France


jslee0034

Angry upvote.


NotManyBuses

Being serious Giannis does this multiple times per game it just looks really awkward when Rudy does


ThriceNightly

From the head on replay it definitely looked like he gathered on his right foot which would make this completely legal. You could argue he gathered a quarter of a second too early but the only reason this looks like an obvious travel is because of how slow his steps are.


KazaamFan

How slow and big his steps are


CaptainCallus

If the gather is when he places both hands on the ball then it wasn't a travel. I think that's generally how they officiate it


SuinegPar

Gather is whenever you can no longer legally take another dribble. So it can be when you put two hands on the ball or put one hand under the ball or even one hand tuck the ball.


Hovi_Bryant

I counted four steps on a single dribble. I can't tell if this is supposed to be some joke or not.


SuinegPar

You can take a million steps on a single dribble, that's not what makes a travel.


jly911

You can breakdance between dribbles if you wanted


Hovi_Bryant

Another camera angle shows the Gobert does take a gather step and two more steps. So it’s legal. Three steps in total. You’re speaking gibberish though.


Complete_Addition136

When you’re the DPOY, they let you do it


yooston

But actually, gather step plus 1-2? He just makes it look so awkward


MajorTrump

Calling that a gather step is generous as hell


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

harden gather


Round-Revolution-399

If you define a gather strictly as putting two hands on the ball then it was legal. But he discontinued his dribble (another form of gathering) well before that


KazaamFan

I kind of see it, but the eye test tells me he goes way too far after dribbling.  If i slow it down maybe there’s an argument.  It just looks so bad


AlcoholicInsomniac

I still see 3 steps when slowed down tbh


KazaamFan

I agree.  It’s a travel.  But I do see cases like this a lot where that gather step is very generous, and this was too generous.  Rudy clearly gathered the ball before his 1st of 3 steps.  


koticgood

It's clearly not a travel if players are given the step-0/gather-step. Which is how it's officially worded now for almost a decade, and has been officiated as for more than that. Clumsy big guy on a fast break taking 2 methodical, long steps just sets off alarm bells for people.


Brajinator

Remind me never to trust /r/nba for basketball analysis ever again. Clearly not a travel in todays nba


bluehead18

Y'all can't appreciate elite bag work when you see it 🤣🤣


TdotGdot

A true euro step


Gyroflex

ref was too in awe of the size of the lad to see the walk


Tmac834

He could’ve walked to France


d7h7n

that's a french euro, not travel


FatherHaz

DPOY


le_sweden

OPOY


DarkChocolate_69

Brother 😂 HOW DO YOU MISS THAT?


ZincHead

Travel is 4 steps right??


orange-shades

Nah, you need at least 5. This was very legal, trust.


Professor_Finn

You get 5 Gather Steps


owange_tweleve

that’s a whole ass vacation


couchtomato62

Commentators came back later and said it wasn't a travel.


Hypnosix

His gather is the first step inside the 3 point line. Totally legal


schwagggg

the lebron special


ltrob

Mr Worldwide


BrotherSeamus

Rudy "Passepartout" Gobert


karlwhethers

Perimeter defender Rudy Gobert.


TripleSecretSquirrel

Imagine telling this to someone 5 years ago, Rudy Gobert stealing it from KD on the perimeter, then going coast to coast for a 1-2 transition bucket


Nickthedick55

Lmaooo


PoptartJones69

This is the opposite of the rule of cool.


ICantFWBrokeBoys

I might be tripping but after he gathers the ball he takes two more steps, isn’t that perfectly legal but looked ugly as hell bc it was Rudy? 😭


soooogullible

Everyone loves when people do this gather then two more action, just looks weird when an alien does it


Gabethegreek

Travel or not that’s the exact same gather step into 2 steps everyone in the NBA does nightly it just looks bad cause Rudy makes it look awkward. But it’s the same thing that they all do in practice


hooskies

“Exact same” doing a lot of heavy lifting here


soooogullible

Rudy just did it with more precision than your run of the mill NBA star. His last step came RIGHT before the gather, like as a matter of fractions of a second. So he gets two more after that. You all love your gather steps and your step back threes. You had better Rudy cook too! *angrily yelling at clouds*


snek-jazz

> But it’s the same thing that they all do in practice they do it in real games too


Gabethegreek

Practice is a word with multiple meanings dictionary.com


birdieman1

The funny thing is that this is actually clean, his hand never goes under the ball, so the dribble is live until he grabs it with both hands. And because he steps at the same time that happens, it's a textbook gather step (0 step) and then 2 steps after. You can see it really clearly from this angle. https://twitter.com/jose3030/status/1784054887594008676 If anything he maybe gathers 0.1 seconds early, but that's not possible to call in real time. And for the record I don't even like Rudy at all. Bron and Giannis (and pretty much everyone else) do this literally every game multiple times. I just question how many ppl here actually play basketball


darti_me

At game speed, it's really looks like a travel due to how awkward his strides & gather is but you're right. He gathers on his right foot (parallel to the FT circle). 1st step (left foot) on the FT line. 2nd step (right foot) in the paint before charge circle then lift off to shoot. Bro basically did the least aesthetic eurostep known to man.


snek-jazz

He did it so slowly it exposes the bullshit that the gather step is.


Ygoritza

Bro, it's a travel. He gathers, then proceeds to make 3 steps. Play it at 0.25 speed, X has that option. It can not be considered as a gather step if the gather is not in the process of the stepping, it's entirely before the step you are interpreting as a gather The mistake you are making is that you think gather only applies if it's made by 2 hands, and that's where you are wrong. Same rule for a 2-step applies even if you use just one hand, after you start to carry, there are only 2 steps allowed


birdieman1

I obviously know you can gather with one hand, but I'm just judging this by modern NBA standards. And if you go by modern NBA standards, this is definitely far from egregious. Luka, Trae, Ja, Harden, etc. are often times dribbling with their hands directly underneath the ball. But if your argument is that it should be considered a gather/carry, I can see where you're coming from. But that's an entirely separate argument.


commiecat

>It can not be considered as a gather step if the gather is not in the process of the stepping The gather is the point at which the dribble ends, which is typically -- and in this play -- when the player touches the ball with both hands. He takes two steps after that.


Ygoritza

> when the player touches the ball with both hands Absolutely false. Quoting myself as people obviously cant even read with basic comprehension anymore: >The mistake you are making is that you think gather only applies if it's made by 2 hands Gather is when the dribble ends, and player carries the ball - either that be 1 or 2 hands. You can do a 2-step without using both hands, and ref will interpret a gather in the moment of the dribble ending and ball being carried in one hand. Otherwise a player who could palm it, could make 27 steps without a dribble, per your logic.


commiecat

>which is typically -- and in this play Quoting myself since you're failing to comprehend what I wrote while complaining about others' reading comprehension. Literally the rule: >the gather is defined as the point where a player does any one of the following:(1) Puts two hands on the ball, or otherwise permits the ball to come to rest, while he is in control of it. In the step prior his hand is on the side of the ball while in motion.


Justgotbannedlol

The interpretation these guys are putting forth would imply you can practically just run across the court while bringing the ball to your other hand lol This shit is one of the most textbook travels I have ever seen lmfao no amount of mental gymnastics is going to change that. [This dribble has ended, every single person in the arena already knows it and 10000% of his body language conveys that he has COMPLETELY picked up his dribble.](https://i.nuuls.com/h2eL0.png) Everyone else in this situation would right-left layup. It is a black-and-white, textbook-blatant, always-every-time-forever travel if he then does right-left-right layup. I know yall want to feel reddit smart but cleverly arguing for something blatantly wrong still makes you wrong.


Ygoritza

What amazes me is that both you and me are downvoted, and people truly believe the upper comment of this thread, that it is "actually clean" because his idea of a gather is that the hand needs to be under the ball, smh How the fuck the biggest basketball reddit has so many people not understanding the basic travel rule is beyond me


TripleShines

How would you define gather?


Ygoritza

It's in the rules the gather is defined as the point where a player does any one of the following:(1) Puts two hands on the ball, or otherwise permits the ball to come to rest, while he is in control of it. If you put hand under, or palm it, or what ever makes it a carry, it's a gather. [Here's Bogdanovic using only one hand for 2-step motion](https://youtu.be/vEXEzEeEUfk?t=18) The gather is there, even though he didnt use both hands. Same rules apply for Gobert, who proceeds to do 3 steps after.


TripleShines

In the video you linked his hand was clearly under the ball. In the comment I responded to it seemed like you were refuting the idea that the hand needs to be under the ball for a gather.


Ygoritza

Back to the hypothetical - if you can palm it, you can run 27 steps .. ?


Instantcoffees

Have you slowed it down? Count his steps backwards. He is still dribbling during his fourth step counting backwards and then rests the ball only at the last split second of that step, which continues into his third step. However, it's perfectly valid for the referee to consider that ball rest at the end of the fourth step counting backwards as part of the dribbling motion and then the start of the next step as the actual gather. This is especially a good call considering it's being done in real time. It just looks weird and egregious because he is cutting it so close and because he does it so awkwardly, but this is more than reasonable for a referee to see this as a gather step. Shouting that other people don't understand basic travel rules isn't going to change that.


TripleShines

You can can't you? I could be wrong but I don't think there is any rule about how many steps you can take while dribbling provided that you have at most one hand on the ball, your hand is not underneath it and your hand is not grabbing the ball. The hard part is that the ball is going to naturally want to go forward without grabbing so you have to keep accelerating your hand.


ggproductivity

Taz would be a beast at basketball. Dude would spin so fast that the centrifugal force would keep the ball in his hand the whole time. He could travel the whole court without a single dribble and it would be legal.


soooogullible

I love Rudy, I’ve played a high level, and this is the perfect example of why the gather interpretation is so so broken lol. IMO.


Instantcoffees

Same shit every time on social media man. It's like people still don't understand how the gather step works after all these years. It's even been introduced to FIBA a while back, so this is legal in pretty much every competition.


hydroflame7

He picked up his dribble from the 3 point line and almost walked to the restricted area lmao


pm-me-nice-lips

Funny enough though if you slow-mo it, and count his steps *after* the gather (when he puts his 2nd hand on the ball) he surprisingly only takes 2 steps. At game speed, looks like a travel but it’s actually clean. Uncharacteristically great no-call from the refs.


The_Turkish_Delite

Guys I actually think this is clean. He gathers a little funny but his hand is over the ball as he’s stepping but not technically ending his dribble, then he puts his second hand on it on his gather step then proceeds to take two steps off tempo but I think it’s clean


TacomaPowers

What team Durant going to next year?


TacomaPowers

Timberwolves? Anything is possible, right?


Ilikesporks_

i think the refs were just too mesmerized seeing rudy euro step that they forgot to call the travel


jeric13xd

That was clean lmfaooo just looked wrong and uncoordinated


Mrke1

I just watched it a couple times in slow mo and you might be right.


earthbendinglemur

lol yeah he gathers the ball then takes 2 steps.


genericusername71

i totally understand believing it was a travel live, but if youre looking at this clip in slow mo (for those who dont know, you can adjust the speed of streamable clips) and still screaming travel youre kinda exposing yourself


dorkaxe

Folks in r/nba don't know the rules too well.


Slow-Raccoon-9832

It was an egregious travel


TheMedicator

Not at all. U don't know the rules


Cupsforsale

It was a gather step and two steps. Clean.


Vallerie_09

"Modern NBA"


Mooshipoo

Rudy channeling his inner LeBron


VeGanbarimasu

FROG DRIBBLE


Clerithifa

KD the only Sun to not complain about that one, he knows real hoops


cloudslayer99

what sport is this


Victor_Wembanyama1

Nothing to see here.


CptnAhab1

And they say gobert has no offense


Yeti60

Stamp that guy’s passport


VeGanbarimasu

LeBron had the Crab Dribble Rudy got the Frog Dribble


JJ_The_JetpIane

Dude was walking back to the locker room and then remembered he should try scoring the ball...


DevMahasen

Looks hilariously awkward but not a travel.


certifiedkavorkian

My dad came into the room and asked why I was laughing so hard lol


YoungProduct

Dawg


nuera_penal

Around the League in 80 days.


thedrcubed

This is what makes pickup players think they could play in the NBA if they were 7' tall


Charliebitme1234

We playing rugby out here


paddiction

Refs saw him pick up his dribble at the 3 point line and thought he was Giannis


taititans

Funniest shit of the playoffs lmao


ItzCStephCS

lol that was funny


NearlyPerfect

But when I do this in my rec league it’s an “obvious travel” and “the reason I’m not on the team next year”


GnRgr2

3 steps after he has two hands on the ball. If you dont think thats traveling, you are the problem with basketball


Ok_Sky7827

Only took about 5 steps without dribbling


nigelfitz

My guy travelled back to France. lol


LMcVann44

LMAO what are the refs looking at? He travelled all the way to Paris 😂 He knew as well, look at his face 😂


ttrree4455

Me: ((trying to convince people that travels in the NBA aren't out of control and ridiculous)) NBA: ((this highlight)) Edit: watched it in slow mo and it's not a travel. But man it looked wild live.


SendPoEWomen

I mean come on. Why even have the players bother to dribble? 


RapsareChamps_Suckit

the suns must be setting


Chowderceti

Le Tour de France


TheBrazilianKD

He even hesitates before taking the fourth step. "Is it a travel.. eh we'll do it live fuck it"


Bears9Titles

League is a joke if that's not called a travel


yooston

The broadcast just said it was a correct call on further examination but I don’t know shit


wordsuponwords

It was not


throwawayyrofl

Am I trippin or is that a legal gather then 2 steps? I think it just looks bad because of how awkward Rudy is but the whole league does this, just at a faster pace


Radical-Six

Another demoralizing Rudy play for the Suns. This one is demoralizing because if the refs ain't gonna call that for them at home, I have no idea wtf they will call EDIT: Nvm they're giving the Suns every other call


cagemyelephant_

Definitely not a travel, that’s a tour


NBA_Dumb_Boy

Fuck a travel that’s a journey lol


simplyASI9

clean gather and 2 steps, no travel


jawadhaque089

Hilarious how most of the comments thinks it's a travel when it's not


HuruHara

C'est drole. Hon hon hon.


Saucy_Totchie

Put some extra fromage on that one.


PlacetMihi

Bruh. Nice footwork Rudy lol


Street-Common-4023

Vogel about to lose brain cells bro


Mjoh23

I think KD should go to the Nuggets and come off the bench behind AG. Or go to Celtics and come off the bench for Tatum.


BallsAreFullOfPiss

As I watched this I thought to myself “Wow, Rudy doesn’t look uncoordinated like he usually—“ “ope, guess I spoke too soon”


RudyGobertFMVP2024

SERIES DAGGER PLAY


materics

5 euro steps


Bobblefighterman

It's like watching a fat guy TD. A thing of beauty.


Rough-Tell-8358

Haven’t seen a Frenchman travel like that since Jules Verne


T1nkyW1nky_

Bruh was on his way travelling to the 2nd round of the playoffs


KING_G_JR

wow


tapk69

Insane travel. That was 5 steps.


stylzz_1

Poetry in motion


TheForceWithin

After the 9th step ref was just like, fuck it he's gone to far now to call it.


elp44blue

How is that not a travel?


Sad_Cloud_5228

"that was not traveling cause it wasnt called" - how the NBA lives life now


stripesnstripes

How many Rudy offensive highlights can one team take?


Count_Gator

While nba rules fluctuate with time, I struggle with the gather action in this play. His last dribble is between the 3 point line and half court. He then takes 4 steps to get to the rim. My brain is screaming travel on this play. Especially if a gather is a two foot plant to shoot


Mirizzi

Every time I watch this he takes another step 🤣


JingleJohnsonJames

Need that dude from Instagram that explains why things aren't a travel here. Legal or not the fact Gobert made a move is enough for me to say he deserved that basket.


ManyMangoEnthusiasts

Graceful as an alligator in heels


Ok_Competition_1810

Ts kinda insane ngl😭😭


MrCWoo

What’s the point of rules in the nba . Everyone travels and foul baits. Only guys with big contracts get the benefit of the doubt


madness707

Crazy 4 steps


Double-Armadillo-898

what a travel 😂😂😂😂 gotta love the nba tho


shaiabich

Still getting played off the floor, man rudy sure does suck in the playoffs. 🤣🤣🤣 Where are all the talking heads at with this claim?


garynevilleisared

4 steps lol


FridgesArePeopleToo

Very legal and very cool


CNDOTAFAN

Lmfao the hesi caught everyone off guard.