Is The GIANNIS Euro Step LEGAL?

Coach Nick welcomes back to the show Ronnie Nunn, an NBA referee for 19 years, Head Of Officials for 5 years, and Director Of Development for 3 more to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo's euro step in the open court. Is it a travel, or is he simply following the age old rules of basketball?
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[@alexisks3422]

BBALLBREAKDOWN Why did he do that?

[@meg-k-waldren]

He travels. For breakdown with Ronnie Nunn we kept getting the same highlight where no travel takes place. Why not breakdown the opening montage of moves in this upload instead where we clearly see him travel?

[@quagliumquagnarr3853]

HE HAS A *MID-RANGE DUNK* 😯

[@apap4997]

No that's Meteor Jam. What he has is the Vanishing Drive...blatant travelling but somehow refs can't see.

[@tobznoobs]

Quaglium Quagnarr he doesn't have a mid range jumper, but has a mid range dunk. Mind blowing. What a freak

[@jumpstart55million]

He's going to be the most exciting dunker since MJ.

[@neostrike1235]

Well I mean he's only taking two steps

[@neostrike1235]

Quaglium Quagnarr nevermind that

[@alexpaysen4478]

Don't worry guys its legal trust me

[@sumthing8140]

Giannis Anteyokounmposiwndowiukdowommsqowu i guess its the most legal thing in basketball (the euro step is come from europe as we know in europe they are really serious about traveling fouls

[@G1stGBless]

#sarcasm Exactly

[@jacksullivan2790]

Giannis Anteyokounmposiwndowiukdowommsqowu what did you do, smash the keys when typing his last name

[@alexpaysen4478]

Jac Sullivan precisely

[@fredrickoballa829]

Advantage of playing soccer!

[@ianchandra4107]

When giants does it, it looks so good. When I do it, my friends call travel. Wtf

[@VisualFeast7557]

Is LeBron's five steps legal?

[@thoughtrover6400]

Mr. Putler Gollum Its legal because its a crab dribble. A crab has 8 legs so he can do up to 12 steps.

[@pascalpoeltl6031]

ThoughtRover LOL I hope you’re being sarcastic

[@oceanbannedontwitch8270]

Pascal Poeltl no he isn’t

[@squidwardtentawaves5154]

Yes bc he did a gather step

[@phatptony]

Jordan was the first one the league acknowledged and allowed to do it on a regular basis. Now, almost anyone gets away with the “extra” step. Giannis may have mastered it to an unimaginable level.

[@ingislakur]

Giannis is human cheat code.

[@maharajahdann]

He is, isn't he? But he also thinks the game and works hard.

[@jaydensprivatechannel4082]

So true.

[@gorillagaming1235]

And James harden

[@Gourdtata]

Giannis is playing play station with GameShark 😅😅

[@comewarpeacecraft7927]

Not quite. Giannis still struggle from deep

[@Loooam]

Ronnie Nunn is special indeed. I love how often he’s on to offer his expert analysis

[@JF-ns5zs]

Liam McKenna agreed

[@tigerhoods7927]

Liam McKenna facts

[@simon_patterson]

Yeah, he knows his stuff and can explain it well. I like how he understands how the game works from the players' perspective too, as well as knowing what the rules are and how they are applied.

[@G1stGBless]

Ive watched the NBA for 30 years. This is NOTTTTTT what Julius Erving did. Erving took 2 steps. Giannis takes 3. Now, just because the officials have decided to rename and interpret the first step as a “gather step” so it “doesnt count” does not actually change what is going on. And this is not “people hating on the Bucks”. No one has cared about the Bucks for decades on end. People just dont like travels being ignored and rebranded so that guys dont have to dribble basically from half court or the three point line. Rebranding the travel as two steps plus a gather step = 3 steps = traveling. Its all about entertainment, and watching these “amazing” plays and marketing. Just admit it and rewrite the rule book rather than play these dumb semantics. This is becoming like the NFL and the catch rule. People know a damn catch when they see it. They know porn when they see it. And they know a travel when they see it. I wish people had the sense to stick to their guns and the balls to not roll over just because a couple people said so.

[@gandydancer9710]

There is no "gather step" in the rulebook, and I don't recall Nunn using that phrase, either. And the travel rule in the rulebook WAS rewritten, albeit badly. (When FIBA matched the change they did a better job, explicitly addressing the foot on the ground as the dribble is ended. Still no "gather step", which a worthless attempt to explain a concept the explainer only dimly understands.) The problem is that it is actually sometimes literally impossible for an official to "know a travel when [he sees] it". It requires focusing his eyesight on two places at once to see whether the foot hitting the ground or the hand touching the ball occurs first. In baseball the same problem occurs in plays at first base, and this is solved by substituting HEARING the ball hit the glove for looking at it. No such workaround is available in basketball. Unfortunately the tendency is to react to such incapacity by allowing nonsense. An example is the "jump stop" where you KNEW two steps had taken place (actual absolute simultaneity being impossible) but the ref's inability to detect which foot had landed first became license to treat it as one step. No, this was not always so, nor was the change a necessary one.

[@rockywalker1141]

Imagine giannis as a NFL player he running a TD in 5 strides lmao

[@dashingdreww1185]

Same thing as Hardens stepback, the first step is a gather dribble

[@Lpt92]

There is nothing such as gather dribble, gather step. It is third step, it is travel. But NBA let players brake basketball rules to make it more entertaining.

[@gn7858]

Lpt92 u don't even know wtf you're talking about nigga. You probably never touched a basketball in your life, hoop or play competitive basketball

[@asherandrew6563]

Lpt92 you probably don’t play competitive basketball.

[@NationOfChalcol]

Bruh the way u speak i can tell u dont ball

[@WestbrickFansGotNoBrains]

Lpt92 in fiba you can take 2 more steps after you end ur dribble . Nba ? The step you took with ur dribble is counted as gather step . So if you include the gather step its 3 step and if you dont its 2 step. They are all same. Imagine the step you took with ur last dribble is counted as 1 already. How the fuck you gonna do eurostep ?

[@TJHernandez522]

It's legal but sometimes he takes an extra step and it's so obvious

[@alilazzem777]

yeah like the obvious travel on sec 0,04

[@terrohnjackson1368]

TJ Not really, I haven’t seen him take more and 2 steps after a gather

[@bonesaw2716]

@@alilazzem777 it isn't you just don't know when to start counting steps

[@ssisss769]

@@terrohnjackson1368 You blind loser

[@user-li2yq3sq8c]

@@terrohnjackson1368 in this vid at the start he takes 3, and it's a travel

[@hartlinebling5764]

Shout out to all the real nba fans on here who know what a Eurostep and gather step are

[@riczodrcl]

Hartline Bling You mean real basketball fans? This is definitely illegal in Europe.

[@gabrielavila4833]

takeflight thats why he said nba, that covers only north america

[@Chenrandyliu]

yea well half the fans still dont know smh

[@simon_patterson]

takeflight this has been legal across the world since FIBA changed the rules on 1 October 2017.

[@simon_patterson]

Chen Liu I find it incredible how ignorant so many NBA "fans" are about this. It's been legal in the NBA for a long time!

[@pandaiam]

I died when he was compared to a deer LOL. He's amazing.

[@ernestb4473]

2:35 Slow the video down to 0.25 speed and watch with this in mind. He picks up his dribble with two hands BEFORE his left foot hits the floor which makes that left foot his 1st step. Long stride with his right foot for his 2nd step. Another long stride with his left foot for a 3rd step, which makes it a travel. In regular speed to a referee, it looks like he picks up his dribble simultaneously with his left on the floor, leaving only 2 long steps. Not all of Giannis' euro-steps are travels but a lot of them are.

[@jasonz1771]

You are %100 correct. By that refs definition that was a travel.

[@RamaSivamani]

The argument will be that the ball is still moving. If the ball is still moving even if your hand is touching it you haven't gained full control of it or gathered it so to speak. Giannis just knows how to make this rule work for himself

[@RamaSivamani]

@Beavis Cleaver it's two steps the first you are looking at is the gather step. Gather, 1, 2. Not a travel

[@leoamari1221]

The first step when you gather the ball is a zero step, and then he takes two steps, making it two steps and not a travel

[@leonardomitchell3869]

Does not matter if his left foot does not in the floor, it is part of the zero step too.

[@d_tony]

Is Giannis legal in general ?! He's a beast Harden MVP

[@gragory3614]

Gstaar96 everything was good about this comment until the last sentence

[@ILOVEENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE6022]

Harden MVP

[@asherandrew6563]

Jackgang4lyfe 69420lol Harden mvp

[@ChefLASaint]

Harden will flop his way to mvp

[@churchservice2700]

SacSaint 916 Pure ignorance

[@raymaster972]

I love how many people are still calling it a travel after a 20 year NBA ref just said it wasn't lol.

[@nicofoxhound6881]

I agree. I know youtube comment section is full of trolls who represent a tiny number compares to the number of people who just watch the video but it starts to be really scary.

[@aakaido]

This ONE single clip he showed wasn't a travel. Anybody that watches the NBA extensively and has seen this guy play knows that he travels frequently, pun intended. This is just one out of thousands to pick apart.

[@raymaster972]

aakaido There have been travels by him and other players, I feel like it's inevitable. But as far as him traveling more often than not I would say that's a lie.. it just looks that way because he's basically 7 ft and has ridiculous length that's out of the ordinary. He takes 2 steps from the 3 pt line and is already laying it up at that point... It's crazy.

[@aakaido]

MasteredTheUniverse You guys can set what you want. I know all the games I've watched this guy take 3 or 4 steps since his first game in the league. I'm an artist and have a job where it's my job to pay attention to details, no matter how small. He travels alot. I don't care how long you are, you're not getting to the rim in 3 steps right before crossing half court legally. The sad part we have the benefit of replaying every play and see how much he does. Refs miss travels more times than they call them, and they rarely call them on superstars.

[@raymaster972]

aakaido You made some good points towards the end there about super stars not getting called for traveling, that's definitely true. As far as Gianni's always traveling I still can't believe it because I'm the type to notice small details as well and it doesn't appear he's traveling as much as you say. Maybe I shall take a closer look when watching the Bucks play.

[@flyinghotwing]

-ronnie nunn has always been a class act....appreciated his mentorship at a texas camp some years ago...one more gem from our nba family

[@Lynxpoot]

I'm so confused. If you look at 2:35 you see Giannis collect the ball way before the 3 point line, then land on his left foot, after which he takes two enormous steps. How does that not constitute to three steps? As in: ball gathered, feet touch the ground trice? Can someone please explain because this video doesn't.

[@anth_ney7289]

Lynxpoot After you gather you have like one free step to take additional to the other 2 steps which he hasn't used yet untill he gets to the FT line

[@cliffdweller]

@@anth_ney7289 Wrong. Once the ball is "gathered" i.e. you have ended your dribble, you get 2 steps. The play at 2:35 is a travel. He has 2 hands clearly on the ball (his dribble has ended), then he takes 3 steps.

[@cliffdweller]

@BIG POINTS I guess it all depends on how you define "gather". The refs/NBA are clearly allowing this nowadays (to increase scoring and bring more fans into the arena/TV audience), but if you read the rule book, his dribble has ended at 2:37...and his foot has not touched the ground yet. I've seen far worse examples of "gathering" than this, though. But technically, it's a travel. But rules don't matter anymore. It's all about the Benjamins. Could you imagine if the refs blew the whistle on that insane gallop to the bucket? Entertainment value trumps the rulebook.

[@hellgiver21]

Yeah it's dumb. They may as well get rid of dribbling in the NBA

[@stevenmckenzie8906]

Right!!!

[@kakouhai7162]

"giannis, for the mid-range ju - *he dunked it?* "

[@UeProductionz]

You should make a video figuring out whether or not Giannis carries the ball when he dribbles because Paul Piece and I seem to think so especially when he's got the ball during an isolation.

[@bigxboss7]

can you do a video explaining whats going on with the Celtics, and how they come back from 20 point games, why they get down that low and what they can do to improve. Love the videos and your very entertaining breakdowns, id love to see from your perspective Why?

[@michajakubowski3951]

They broke down a legal move, but ignored the actual travels. Also, a lot of his traveling actually comes from moving the pivot and shuffling during post up moves.

[@meeeeemaw]

2:46 0 so lost he trying to block the other players shot when don't even have the ball....

[@commentgod9445]

The better question is Giannis jumping over people while catching oops legal ???? Because its most certainly flagrant !!!

[@jarlxuku7170]

Flagrant??! Nah my guy....That was an assault!! LMAO

[@brendan9951]

Comment God bill russell did that jumping from the free throw line and he brought the ball up the court on the fast break the video of it is on KZbin

[@tigerhoods7927]

Comment God facts 😂😂

[@BBigSmooth]

when the reply has more like than the post

[@joerlin8680]

Comment God flagrant?! That was a murder literally everytime someone mentions Tim hardaway jr you will immediately think about that night when Giannis killed his career

[@bahacankaratas418]

ı feel like studying lesson when ı watch your videos coach!!!THANKS :)

[@wesleyaponte-gonzalez678]

Great piece! Love it! Ronnie is a Hof

[@itzshft]

0:35 They tried to make us think he had a longer stride than a deer, but they wrote "Body Length". lol

[@chiefkeef5020]

Last year everyone said you could just take 3 steps now. I belive them

[@zomat7955]

Thanks for talking in more detail about the gather this time. Because I feel that was why many people disagreed with the James Harden video - it can look at times as though Harden has gathered the ball long before the second hand is on it. With Giannis I find this less egregious.

[@rasaecnai]

well this is bballBREAKDOWN. thanks to coach and ronnie for the breakdown of the rules

[@Travilss]

He travels a lot but not every time. NBA doesnt call travels anyways

[@rshinn8776]

yeah, some are but most aren't. it depends on the timing of the gather. gathering with a foot down should give you only one more step since your planted foot should be your pivot. he sometimes gathers with a foot still on the floor and then takes 2 steps which is a travel. the timing is so close it's impossible to call in real time though. same thing with hardens step backs. sometimes he gathers with his foot down.

[@romanspencer5446]

R Shinn it’s kinda most of time

[@NationOfChalcol]

all yall dumb theres no travel at all and the vid explains it

[@rshinn8776]

zoomzoomii you're dumb if you can't understand my explanation. I also said that in real time it's almost impossible to tell. We have the luxury of slow motion and replay so we can clearly see a foot down during the gather.

[@NationOfChalcol]

Nah goofy i aint no rider yall casuals dont know the rules that well the ref literally explained. I dont need to learn from a random on youtube

[@Handle35667]

I watched the into on .25 speed and 5 out of 7 plays are travels. It’s obvious the ball enters Giannis’ hand (gather) and then you can count 3 steps. It’s so clear his hand catches the ball before he takes his first step. (Edit) okay wow I watched the play Ronnie Nunn officiated and Gianni’s travels there as well. You can clearly see he gathers the ball BEFORE his left foot hits the ground. Ronnie counts his steps as 0, 1, 2 and ignores the first step AFTER the gather. The ball enters Giannis hand, that is the gather. Then his left foot hits the ground. The problem here is people can’t see he’s gathering the ball before his foot hits the ground. These are almost all travels in this video.

[@davelee6002]

You guys examined the cleanest example. In your intro montage, there are some very very fishy moves.

[@eliaseconomou2914]

great vid!!!

[@theavatar9191]

There's traveling every game in the NBA. Refs don't care.

[@MrDiMES123]

The Avatar honestly as long as it isn't obvious or crazy basketball fans don't really care we're human

[@PeaceEpieces]

He does but not every game.. His strides are so long that its very easy to see his steps, other short legged players do it and it doesnt look like a travel, but giannis covers so much more ground

[@G1stGBless]

Exactly. They choose to ignore it for marketing and do not give a shit. Then they rebrand traveling as 2 steps + a “gather step”..... which is three steps without dribbling. Which is traveling at any other point in nba history. This Julius Erving argument is completely fake and a cover story. JE took one or sometimes two steps and that is obvious. Its marketing. It is lies. They should just change the rules instead of lying to us.

[@_JellyDonut_]

Carrying is even worse. Most guards carry every time they touch the ball

[@gabe7933]

They care once the playoffs happen

[@ketodiet5766]

So basically you can take 3 steps. All this time we learn that once you pick up the ball it counts as a step.

[@stevenmckenzie8906]

That's how I learned to play as well. Ronnie is ridiculous...Dr. J DID NOT do this crap theat Giannis is doing.

[@paulhernandez101]

Coach, I know this is not a bball question. What application (video conference) are you using to connect with your guest? Love your vids too. Cheers

[@VanPersie113]

I love it when half of episodes shown in the beginning of the video is travelling but when they start braking down with referee they show one legal episode.

[@gebr75218]

4:21 He Came From The 3 Point Line To The Paint Without A Dribble

[@eguuuuuuuu]

So just cuz his steps are hella long people are questioning whether his euro step is legal or not?

[@yorktown3740]

its like you watch those steps, you count in ur head *1,2* and then he stepped again and then ur like wtf

[@aidangoodwin7031]

It's because he takes alot of smaller steps in combination with the big one that make it look like a travel, but when you look closely he throws the ball far out in front of him so those steps don't count until he picks the ball up

[@WongGamingChannel]

The thing getting questioned is the gather step; in FIBA rules, gather step does not count as step, but in NBA its does.

[@theslowcuber8946]

What bothers me is the little hop since the ball has to leave your hands once both feet leave the ground, but I trust it's legal

[@jeremyjulien655]

We want a Cavs breakdown NOW. Gotta give the people what they want Nick !

[@sheldonspock5566]

It's legal when he only takes two steps after grabbing the ball. It's illegal when he grabs the ball with one foot still touching the floor, then takes two more steps. The NBA sucks when it comes to this travelling is a mainstaple in the NBA. The fundamentals of basketball should be respected. Why not change any other rules like double dribbling too while we at it?

[@calebsmith1827]

When he grabs the ball with 1 foot on the florr, and then takes w steps, it's actually legal. It's called a zero step. Coach Nick explained it in his harden video

[@kmsideout]

Totally agree

[@hubertastegood]

I remember when I was in middle school the euro step was just beginning to take off in terms of popularity although it had been around for a while. I used to study and practice D-Wades euro which was legal, but every time I did it in a game the refs would call a travel. I'd get so frustrated that before some games I would show the refs what I was going to do and ask if it was legal. Always a no. Said I'd have to land on two feet if I wanna take that big of a step after a gather. By the time I had started to play varsity ball years later the move was televised more and the refs understood and respected the move more. But you couldnt take 3-4 steps like in the NBA lmao. I love the move but it gotten a little out of hand with giannis and these three long steps. At some point Adam Silver is going to realize he made a league where if you're 6'9" + and agile, you can literally walk to 20,000 points. I'm willing to bet theres going to be more athletic 3s and 4s dominating the league rather than Curry types in the future and its sad because the game has progressed so much in a short amount of time with floor spacing with 3pt shooters. Imagine being a college prospect that is a FVV type, who can shoot, handle, pass, and defend well for a guard, but cant get drafted because the current traveling rules have scouts salivating for a guy like Siakam who has no real basketball skill.

[@alexisgarcia-pl5on]

Actualy scouts don't look for talent geneticly, they look for Talented Mind regardless of their Body. How well can they exploit Teams with their defence and offence as well as playmaking regardless if their Stature and genes. Thats what seperates players, weather you make it to the leauge or stay in the leauge

[@TheDrunkLawyer]

Wow this is quality content

[@Gkogko839]

The fact that they show this one clip which is one of the few circumstances that he doesn't travel basically proves that they believe he travels. Because there are tons of clips in which he takes an extra step but the choose to show this one to cover him

[@exrmx2827]

Giannis is the only NBA player right now that can do a real free throw line dunk.

[@lukadoncic5794]

Nope

[@thekidcalledBLACK]

I like how it's about his euro step and they break down a regular straight to the basket lol.

[@devvv4616]

if you actually notice, there are two types of eurosteps. 1 is the normal side step Wade used to do, and the other has a jab on one side(while gathering) before the sidesteps, used by Manu, Harden, Giannis and even Lebron. Those are the ones people say its a travel because of the jab step while gathering, so it looks like they took 3 steps.

[@josepolanco3758]

Brodie took the first step behind the 3pt line and still dunked it like is nothing🤯

[@etang5]

I feel like people need to play more basketball to understand how these moves work. Once you start practicing these moves it becomes obvious that they are legal :P Maybe you can do a series on how to do the moves so people can understand how the footwork and timing works and recreate the situations as well so people understand. I think the idea of "gather" is lost of many.

[@magnumeagle3176]

etang5 every other basketball video should be explaining the gather step until you stop seeing people making travel motions with their hands every time an NBA player euro-steps

[@hartlinebling5764]

etang5 yeah I agree it’s he casual nba fans who always think these are travels

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

It's more of a difference in the evolution of basketball from generation to generation. Eurostepping is definitely pushing the bounds of 2 steps and some of the clips shown were obvious travels where Giannis side steps the defender into two steps. Trust me when I say 10 years from now, you'll be wondering how players are getting away with even more egregious violations.

[@NationOfChalcol]

No man the explanation of a gather is there. You got to put two hands to end the dribble. Giannis rolls his hand on the gather step, the dribble still technically continues. Like the guy said at the top more people do need to play more basketball to understand how it work. His long strides makes you think. All the people that call travel have yet to give real proof against those who says its a gather. Theyll be like "The refs are trash this season" or "superstar treatment". All it really is to those that say travel just complain

[@lukapopovic5802]

you can practice driblle while carring the ball and it will feel as it was legal after some time.

[@darionmds2422]

0:09 is a clear travel. (And some others are very close) The 0 step or gather step is only applicable when your "gather foot" is clearly planted when you pick the ball up. However, oftentimes the players' timing is off but the refs just let it go for entertainment purposes

[@dimkilago2958]

"clearly planted" NEW RULE from you? Touch the floor or not touch the floor is the dilemma.Many rule makers and referees in this comments...and the dribble finish when you have your hand under the ball or palm the ball or touch the ball with both hand.When you have the hand in the side or the top you don't have control of the ball,you can complete your gather step and make then two steps. "RULE NO. 10-VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES,Section XIII-Traveling: A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball." "RULE NO. 4-DEFINITIONS,Section II-Dribble:a. The dribble ends when the dribbler: (1) Touches the ball simultaneously with both hands (2) Permits the ball to come to rest while he is in control of it"

[@darionmds2422]

giwrgos alafouzos you're just expanding on what I stated. "Touching the ground or not" = clearly planted or not. What point are you trying to make??

[@dimkilago2958]

You can touch the floor,in a step, with only your heel or your toes and to start to count as a step.With the "cleary planted" it's not clear this fact,with "touch" it's clear.

[@darionmds2422]

giwrgos alafouzos no dude that's a ludicrous description. Because then you'd need refs with super slo-mo vision. You'd basically need super robots to referee the games. A player who doesn't have his foot clearly planted when he gathers, is most likely traveling. And when refs don't call it, they do so for entertainment purposes. End of the story

[@dimkilago2958]

Ok,rules-maker.

[@Bobby_B0uche]

about 70% of eurosteps are traveling.. Giannis definitely took an extra step after the gather dribble.. left, right (pass fake), left (take-off)

[@Claire-ing]

If you look at the highlight at the start . . some of those are 3 steps and some of them are 2. The plays they discussed later on all look like 2 steps but sometimes he does get away with a third.

[@Swof99]

maybe make a video on how the jazz are on this incredible winning streak including beating the warriors raptors & Spurs

[@bballbreakdown]

SOON

[@Swof99]

BBALLBREAKDOWN 🙏🏽

[@Shottamanrambo]

3 years later......who gives AF and honestly gave AF then except people from Utah

[@Tonio5100]

This video is very unnecessary because 80% of EVERYONE moves are illegal these days 😂😂😂

[@therealestg9]

exactly, the problem is not related only to Giannis, but also to guys like Harden, Kyrie, Lebron, etc

[@Janinho897]

That statement is literally bullshit.

[@Tonio5100]

Doctor Bopz no they ARE illegal.... You trying to say if I rob 5 banks but never get caught then I didn't commit a crime huh... Or your girlfriend cheated on you but you didn't know so therefore she never cheated on you 😂😂😂

[@Janinho897]

....and that statement was also bullshit.

[@altelt802]

It actually proves that it's LEGAL

[@harrywhite9030]

It's very difficult to determine exactly when he controls the ball in correlation to when he sets his gather step because he is so explosive.

[@ppdrawings]

Excellent !

[@darrylwallace2428]

Giannis and Harden are the only guys who can travel so often and not have a single whistle blown. It’s beyond frustrating.

[@paolovillorente9102]

One of the longest tenured refs just explained why their moves aren't a fucking travel. Stop whining and grow up.

[@Alexis_Mos]

How is it called EURO step and being questioned, while it's the NBA that uses this extra step as legal at the beginning of each move, to avoid travelling?

[@manuelcuestas6050]

Yo please do the videos on your own. Not only the audio is not good but the way you explain it us more understandable and less boring.

[@jos7709]

Really beautiful play!

[@pascalpoeltl6031]

The Raptors are on a 5 game winning streak and the starters have not played in the 4th quarter. Can you do a breakdown of the Raptors second unit? The FVV/Delon/Miles/Siakam/Poeltl lineup has the highest net rtg in the league. On the topic of video though Giannis gets away with traveling a lot but in 2018 the refs don’t call it so why change what’s been working?

[@jigeumjieun]

I need that video too coach

[@warpzzzat]

if 4:32 is the same as 0:42 then I'm blind

[@allananaya8377]

warpzzzat it is one guy is average size in the nba (Dr J) and one is so lengthy he takes up so much ground it looks illegal but it isnt

[@felipesilverio9625]

It is. 4:32 gathers the ball , 0 with the left leg while touching the 3 point line .

[@rockman00]

You are blind.

[@rockman00]

Slowdown 4:32 to 0.5 speed and tell me you cant see the 0 step.

[@CoachEzFit]

I'm with you. Giannis goes Gather-1-2, while Dr. J goes Gather-1.

[@tylerross9706]

1:54 he steps from the 3 pt line. Thats nuts, no one was expecting that.

[@philipmanolas2270]

Next, NBA players penetrate with four (4) steps. NBA Refs: its legal, its the handball move.

[@deltakhappa6248]

Just to save y'all some time, it's legal.

[@daddystired]

I love how you tube enable the .25 speed. Now you can definitely tell. Most of these are travels. 3 steps

[@kritikniraula4481]

Coach : you are unique and special as well... Ronnie : *happiness noises*

[@trevorhernandez9381]

Before the nunn analysis you showed several clips of him doing a euro step then taking an extra step after. You didn’t show any of those while nunn was speaking. On several he took a clear third step

[@paulranalli3367]

Trevor Hernandez, incorrect! They aren't travels. To be a travel, It has to be 3 clear, full steps taken after he completely gathers the ball. You'll find the gather always occurs after his left foot is in the air. Then he gathers, and completes the left step, then right, left. 2 full steps plus the gather is very legal

[@xavwill4807]

Shut the fuck up paul

[@G1stGBless]

Yup. They expect you to believe their marketing and lies rather than your own eyes with him traveling his ass off

[@Jimmy_Vee]

1:53 Giannis carried the ball😂

[@KieranCondon]

Coach, you asked, but Rodney missed the question: does the left foot have to be down on the ground before picking up. Can you please address that topic in a video?

[@trendiofficial1816]

Played the travels in the beginning but started breaking the clean plays 😂😂

[@basketballsteve54]

To my eyes, some of the time he takes a full 3 steps and sometimes it's a clear, amazingly long 2 step but this video focuses on a subjective gather point. I'm not the only person who thinks he travels by taking a third step a good portion of the tie, the purpose of this video is to debunk the idea that he travels. Hey here's an idea, compare all the video of him being called for a travel with his "euro" step move with video when he's not called for a travel and look for a difference.....oh, that's right, you can't do that because he never gets called for a travel.

[@yaboibow450]

well it’s good thing those old eyes don’t matter for shit 😂

[@Shottamanrambo]

@@yaboibow450 I swear this dude and a whole bunch of the people in the comment section dumb as hell

[@jyrikgauldurson8169]

Finally this was addressed. The youtube comment clowns who have never played basketball are in very Giannis video (and this one already) saying that he traveled. The fact is, anyone who has played should know that the step as you gather is not considered as part of the 1-2. It is not a travel in the NBA and not a travel in European leagues.

[@blackeastertheguy]

These kids play 2k and watch highlights and don’t know shit about b-ball that’s why, idk how someone can consider themselves a serious fan but not even know what a gather step is in 2018 lmao

[@ballislife9924]

Karamelleis Anthony I live in Germany and no it doesn't get called. A gather is just as normal here. The Rule is that you must take your 1-2 on the way to the basket with intention to score. That's also why Hardens Step back is not legal in Europe because he does not make an active effort to get to the basket.

[@Oxytocin_]

Karamelleis Anthony Pippen used to Euro step in Europe so it is allowed if you do so correctly.

[@dimkilago2958]

www.basketref.com/en/index.php/2-uncategorised/7-rule-changes-2017 Welcome to reality.

[@KeohanePatrick]

I hate the rule change in Europe but it’s not just on drives to basket to score it’s on everything. Gardens step back is sadly legal in Europe if officiated properly

[@Anonymous-sq5dj]

Ronnie Nunn knowledge. respect.

[@loudmein6591]

Hope you do a video about the "New Look Cavs"

[@tadejbozicko9869]

Nba isnt even basketball, it is some kind of individual show.

[@juicerr1k665]

Tadej Božičko if u think it is an individual show then u obviously don’t watch the NBA

[@awfulweek]

@@juicerr1k665 He watches it through highlights

[@christianjoseph6502]

I mean if you watch espn highlights then yeah

[@scuba616]

Dude takes really big steps plus the gather. How can people not understand this?

[@hopewellgrovingnaturally3853]

His steps are unique bless him.Admire him.

[@alecsturm1799]

Nick - Let's welcome back to the show ronnie nunn. Me - Fuck.

[@dusfug]

Ah the gather step, also known as the “were going to pretend that doesn’t count as a step because we want offense because that’s what sells.”

[@benjaminbruce6840]

I like how he plays on the Bucks and his stride is as long as a Buck

[@JCedition1]

Coach can you make a video on who should have made it to the all star game . Kemba or Simmons ?

[@sirfreakish]

Lol Coach Nick broke his glasses' frame

[@meghnaths5696]

If harden's double step back is legal this is legal.

[@receptionblcp6463]

LOLS

[@ernestb4473]

As much ground as Giannis covers, his should be called a Euro-Asia step.

[@n.laughpuff6653]

Man everyone can have a bug stride but its another thing to run with a big stride then immediately explode into a high ass vert from those huge strides, that requires a lot of athletism

[@GeorgePerakis]

I love how everyone here has watched the video but no one commenting has understood what it said. At 4:16 you can clearly see what is happening if you slow the video down. Three steps. Step 0 is the gather step, what mister Nunn is talking about in this video. This rule is unique to the NBA, but you see it all the time. Harden is the most glaring example I can think of, his gather stepback for shooting 3 pointers. You're allowed this step because your dribbled hasn't quite ended yet. The ball is clearly still in the air when Giannis starts that first step from the three point line. Then he does his two legal, allowed steps, you can count them, and then the jump and the ball is in the basket. People are still calling this a travel, but it just isn't, not in the NBA. Everyone in the NBA uses this gather step, not just Giannis.

[@gokublack7754]

the bucks have been the number one defensive team in the NBA since firing kidd. But they were almost as bad as the cavs with kidd 😂 pointing this out since a lot of fools claim it was a bad move

[@Jboooog18]

Goku Black really? That's hilarious. People were really upset

[@gokublack7754]

Jay TS ESPN,Players only and guys in the comment section who never watch the bucks thought it was a bad move lol

[@frank-xq9gv]

U jinxed it bro. They just gave up 24 three-pointers tonight.

[@melojordans23]

Lmao Let the nuggets shoot 60% from fucking 3.

[@supa3ek]

It's simple ! All euro steps are travels ! If you watch closely he takes 3 steps anyway. Most players take a couple steps just to 'gather' the ball. Which the refs turn a blind eye to. The NBA stresses spectacular offence so any dunk is allowed. That's why defense is non existent in NBA. International rules are more strict, keeping with the traditions of bball ! You should only be allowed a jump step after gather, from one or two feet but not staggered two steps !

[@midnightfuture]

NBA rules are available online. Current season: www.nba.com/news/nba-register-and-nba-guide 2015-16: turnernbahangtime.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/official-nba-rule-book-2015-16.pdf There's even a publicly accessible article on often misunderstood rules, including traveling: www.nba.com/nba101/misunderstood_0708.html The rule is "gather, 1, 2." It used to be "gather, 1"; the league formally changed it in 2009.

[@aishan6224]

3:20 the defenders are legit clearing the train tracks

[@danillamour]

0:02 is clearly 3 steps without dribbling

[@storres9198]

The first step was a zero step, since he only had one foot down when gathering the ball. Then he took his two steps.

[@JD-od6jh]

@@Embo_1 exactly what I was thinking. I have rewatched that clip like 10 times on 0.25x speed cause I couldn't make it out clearly with the fade in of the video. But after a while you can clearly see he takes 3 illegal steps..

[@silenthero2795]

Yeah. Doing a Eurostep FROM THE 3-POINT LINE is totally fair.

[@TheKosmicGladiator]

Jephthah San Pedro Curry shooting from everywhere is unfair. LeBron having his all around skill is unfair. KD shooting like a guard at 6'11 is unfair. Guess what? That's why they're greats

[@youtubecommenter5345]

dbachos good answer

[@john50beach18]

Steph pulling up from 40 isn't that "fair" either lol.

[@jiro8356]

If it is legal, it's not unfair.

[@misanthropas]

Legal means allowed by rules as far as fair goes nothing those superstars do is "fair" as dbachos stated (take not everything litterally)

[@_THE_TREND_SETTER_]

what was the music at the beginning of the video?

[@rhumejaybecbec5364]

Please do a video on the best benches in the NBA

[@CanadianLoveKnot]

Why don't they have him break down the clips where he takes 4-5 steps.

[@ibrahimal-awwad9211]

I haven’t watch the video yet but I bet there’s a slick transition into one of the sponsors

[@KCpro15]

Not this time, lol.

[@40441gogo]

Nooooooppppppee

[@Janinho897]

you must feel so stupid now, don't you?

[@ibrahimal-awwad9211]

Janinho897 nah not really

[@kaan898]

remembering the julius erwing amazing dunk...

[@jon-vegard8386]

I still don't quite understand it's not a travel. I get the whole gather + 1-2, but the steps before he gathers the ball, shouldn't they be included in this? The clip you showed to explain this, he takes like a combined 5 steps with no bounce. Is it simply because the ball isn't in his hands during that time?