NBA changing the rule on the 'Crab Dribble'
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EwingsGlass
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3/13/2009 12:14 PM
link?
You know I gonna spin wit it
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Rookie
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3/13/2009 12:28 PM
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K22
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3/13/2009 12:40 PM
And the fundamentals of the game of basketball take another sledgehammer to the skull.
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Andrew
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3/13/2009 12:46 PM
If you read the article they are considering it and have not come to a decision.
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martin
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3/13/2009 12:47 PM
Posted by Andrew: another way to say it: If you RTFA they are considering it and have not come to a decision. Official sponsor of the PURE KNICKS LOVE Program
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PresIke
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3/13/2009 12:50 PM
Posted by Andrew: what...read an article? i can't be bothered. good thing i also learned that lebron isn't coming to the knicks from reading the title from that recent berman piece. Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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PresIke
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3/13/2009 12:51 PM
Posted by martin:Posted by Andrew: lol Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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EnySpree
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3/13/2009 12:51 PM
I still don't get it....Hop step? Wade has his open version, Kobe, Ewing, Shaq, basically every major foce in the league does the same thing and never get called for it. Now its called a crab dribble?
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PresIke
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3/13/2009 12:53 PM
actually, in this case EVEN the title of the article says they "MAY" change the rule.
Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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Ira
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3/13/2009 1:00 PM
That's weak. The guy has more talent than anyone and he wants the league to change the rules to make it easier for him.
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PresIke
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3/13/2009 1:05 PM
eny,
i think the crab dribble is used when you crouch over a bit, which is used often when you are posting someone up, to lead them in one direction, and maybe get around them where with a pivot and use a hop step. you can also lead them one way, and then spin back the other way, or fake spinning one way and then come back. the point is, normally, you have to still be dribbling. actually, i think ewing's old patented move where he used to drive into the lane was sort of a crab dribble ...and we all know he used to take 3 steps all of the time. the big issue is the amount of steps lebron (and others now) take, where as traditionally you are supposed to keep your dribble and then take 2 steps. he's taking 3, but with so many players doing this, i can see why the league is considering changing the rule. [Edited by - PresIke on 03-13-2009 1:07 PM] Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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PresIke
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3/13/2009 1:07 PM
http://videojan.com/lebron-james-crab-dribble-travel/wjHZf3mWERfcjAy.html
check this vintage jordan crab dribble against the knicks (one many of us remember, sadly, i believe). Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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efw
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3/13/2009 1:21 PM
I really don't understand Lebron's explanation. He says he took 2 steps when it's clear as day he took three. I mean, there's no way you can call that 2 steps after he picked up the dribble.
Also the "crab" dribble seems like a carry to me. It's the kind of carry that's subtle enough to avoid a violation, but it's still a carry. |
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Paladin55
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3/13/2009 1:31 PM
Posted by K22:They have been letting people get away with traveling and palming for years, especially when done by the stars. How often do they ever call steps when they are taken as a guy finishing his drive? No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
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NBA changing the rule on the 'Crab Dribble'