NBA Ref Explains Why The James Harden Step Back Isn't Traveling

The James Harden Step Back doesn't always get called a travel by NBA referees. Zach Zarba, a 15-year NBA referee, is here to weigh in on whether or not the move is a travel. He takes a hint from when the ball is gathered.
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Following is a transcript of the video:
Zach Zarba: My name is Zach Zarba and I'm a 15-year NBA referee.
Some players have a controversial step-back jumper. They drive hard, then step back to create space and shoot. James Harden's is particularly controversial because he takes several steps back instead of just one hop.
Zarba: One of the huge misconceptions in the NBA is how much our players practice. These player practice these moves over and over and over again. And there are subtle differences in the traveling violation in the NBA vs. high school and college. So I would ask people to look at when the ball is gathered. Okay, if you look at when the ball is gathered, that pivot foot is not the first step. That is the zero step. So, after that pivot foot, when they step back into a 1, 2, that in the NBA is a legal two-step.

[@rickgsx1387]

You can’t use a video where he doesn’t travel to explain the million times he does travel.

[@DREWSKIBOY1]

rickgsx1387 Yea. This step back is legal in this vid but his other ones are definite travels

[@syedabood760]

rickgsx1387 umm they're literally showing the time he doesn't travel cause most of the time he doesn't. If you think that harden travels most of the time on his stepbacks then there was no reason for you to watch this video cause no matter what anyone says you're always gonna point to the handful of times he does as evidence that he always does

[@gamepro1239]

Andrew Hogue tht andrew wiggins one boy wtf

[@BreezyUnite]

get off harden's bandwagon he clearly travels on alot of his stepbacks, you clearly don't watch the games fully if you don't realize that

[@princeprince9227]

The first one harden did was a travel

[@Seanpaulnz01]

The example at the end showed Harden only doing 2 steps. He typically does 3 steps. It's the 3 steps which people are questioning

[@mingtetteo2641]

exactly... always 3 steps

[@taylorliu1758]

like the one shows in the intro of this video lol, try 0.25 times speed playback, that's exactly a three steps travel.

[@wubbalubbadubdub6489]

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[@SwellyDomo]

Even on the 3 step or 4 step step back, it's all about when the ball is gathered.

[@DylanIE_]

Taylor Liu if you're talking about the one on Wiggins, that isn't a travel. When he gathers the ball it's just after his foot left the ground making it his gather step and making the two steps after legal.

[@voetbal12]

"James Harden's is particularly controversial becuase he takes several steps back instead of a single hop" .... they then have him breakdown a clip of him only taking one step.

[@ihavenocommonsensebut2008]

voetbal12 it was actually 3

[@vnorm2907]

A hop is a walk unless they change the rules. This is not Basketball.

[@DataLog]

@@vnorm2907 I'm from EU and just recently I started noticing that NBA doesn't actually enforce the rules. The game is oriented towards penetrating to the 3 pointer and than giving the ball to the most agressive big guy to slam the basket while carrying the ball. Not only that but NBA doesn't call block fauls properly. If there is a player defending the basket, and he suddenly stops on both legs and does a block, and you kick him to the floor, it's a faul. In the NBA I constantly see big guys penetrating violently through a block and slamming the basket without being called out for a foul.

[@work1008]

Why lettuce is a fruit. *Shows image of a banana*

[@hd-kl9vg]

Work 100% ?

[@muncanatore3094]

nooneloh he sayin that he doesnt show when harden does the step back travel but a normal stepback

[@hd-kl9vg]

Muncanatore still don't get it

[@shotaaa22]

@@hd-kl9vg they say he doesnt do step back, but show us an example where he really does not, instead of showing and explaining the one where he does travel 4 steps at 0:26 .

[@ianguarneschelli2082]

😂😂😂😂

[@WoodenGenius]

He doesn’t even look like he believes himself 😂😂😂

[@tripleb1436]

WoodenGenius all I know is I was 1v1 ing my YMCA advisor for a club I'm in and yelled "Harden step back" and did it and the guy reffing called travel 😂

[@lucho3410]

Lol so true!! Not to mention he talks about only 1 of his moves, there are other moves where he shuffles at the end to get that little extra step

[@tonysnowtexas8906]

WoodenGenius I'm guessing y'all in the comments are wolves fans 😲🤘🏽

[@maxdurk4624]

WoodenGenius He's actually right though

[@maxdurk4624]

Triple B Of course, YMCA refs are dumb

[@zombiefreak2397]

"This video is sponsored by the houston rockets" James Harden

[@ashokgohain1814]

He is travelling in this video guys, watch clearly

[@marcusmvpgoat1236]

@@ashokgohain1814 he is not

[@dontworry4831]

@@marcusmvpgoat1236 harden in black jersey is a travel. All other footage in the video are not

[@mbuss50]

@@ashokgohain1814 15 year nba ref explains and breaks it down how it’s not a travel but ashok says it’s a travel so ig it is

[@thingsandstuff3710]

“He didn’t travel in this one play, therefore he never travels!”

[@grantgustafson2159]

james harden does travel he is saying it wrong saying there is a zero step in a stepback there is only one step in a stepback thats why its called a stepback not a double stepback if thats how he wants to call hes teaching you a double stepback

[@malachipenalver8436]

@@grantgustafson2159 there is a zero step. The zero step is where you stop to change direction

[@ryanparker3_2_1]

Yea ok, I’m sure you know better than an nba ref in the league for 15 years, they must just not call travels just because it’s James harden

[@mse8772]

@@ryanparker3_2_1 complete rubbish. Doesnt mean they are officials for 100 years that doesnt mean they are correct. Much like planet experts at first said that the earth was the centre of the solar system and not the the sun.

[@alexschreck5820]

@@mse8772 it’s a pretty obvious travel

[@SuperSbarlow1]

I like how he conveniently chooses the second play to break down which is not a travel. The first one clearly is. It’s a gather and 2 step backs without dribbling

[@wkdwnsdh]

"I am James Harden and I approve this message."

[@Flipper35]

Future reference... If you're going to make a video like this, address all the times that Harden takes 3 steps & justify that. Don't use the evidence of when he is clearly NOT traveling. #DoBetter

[@mikemihalis8341]

i was thinking the same shit, lets see a slow mo of the one where he takes 2 steps back and then 2 more right after

[@jaydenmathews2221]

Road2Bre-ZMania Future Reference... he is practically doing a backward jumpstop. as when doing a 'regular' jumpstop. 3feet are involved. your welcome😂😂😂 #DoBetter

[@rambammer2000]

You are so right.

[@ianguarneschelli2082]

Thank you.

[@Asian2706]

He almost never travels, that’s why you don’t find it

[@jrrosario5961]

0:27 and thaaaaats a traaaaaveeeeel 😂

[@camdenflinders7204]

Literally hahaha I saw that too🤣 all the other ones are legit stepbacks

[@rdlc06]

Nope. the last time the ball touches the floor he goes to a gather (0 step) than takes two.

[@Asian2706]

@@rdlc06 Someone who is smart

[@chaitanyasharma3420]

Nah that's not, watch it in 0.25x

[@sfasfads]

His back right foot is down on the gather.

[@CoinOpTV]

was this video sponsored by the Rockets?

[@RaphialLee]

No it was sponsored by James harden

[@samarpanharit4268]

he was about to laugh at the end. the same laugh which one has when he knows that his words have no sense😂😂😂😂😂

[@joelrosa6652]

samarpan harit “zero step”. 👌😂😂😂😂👌

[@yoloman4648]

Samarpan Harit it’s cause he’s already on the step as soon he has the ball it’s doesn’t take a retard to understand it

[@joshuabichsel]

I have never assumed that nba players didnt practice all the time...

[@athunderfan]

I love how this video was on business insider

[@MrEvanDavidson]

Lol that was the weakest argument ever. I like Harden's game, but he is also the latest in a long line of stars that get away with breaking/bending the rules.

[@the_m13]

1:04 the i know we fkd up look😂😂

[@csw2601]

Zero sense. Traveling is traveling

[@kwame100010]

C Sw define travel🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️. Gather step is not a step okay. After gather step u can take two steps. It’s looks like 3 steps but first step is a gather which is consider zero step.

[@maninblack9850]

Prince Sarpong The gather step has NOTHING to do with dribbling in the rule book. It has to do with catching a pass on a fast break type situation where there is no dribble. The rule has ALWAYS been 2 steps after the dribble is discontinued. ALWAYS. They just dont enforce it anymore to allow their stars to create their own shots and score easier and fool simpletons like you into thinking this has always been the way the rules have been enforced.

[@amirridzuan1633]

@@kwame100010 i.. god

[@Asian2706]

Well there is no travel here

[@dragonage200]

The 0:26 was indeed a travel, but would be difficult to at game speeds, i slowed it down to 0.25x to count. He gathers the ball on his right foot (Step 0), pushes back for the step back with his left (Step 1/pivot foot), lands on his right again outside the 3 pt line (Step 2) but his left foot (the Step 1/pivot foot) touches the ground before he shot the ball

[@waytowavylummman3993]

😂

[@mcdeezyofficial]

there is no rule that says bringing your first step foot into your second step foot and touching the ground is a travel while landing your second step foot with only one foot, making that first step foot technically a pivot foot the rules only say you cannot pivot when your second step lands 2 feet simultaneously

[@pilosopino23]

That's garbage.. The NBA just loves the scoring he's doing.. That's why they let him travel..

[@FeiFongWang]

0:41 "There are subtle differences between traveling in the NBA, as opposed to high school and college." *Shows Lebron taking the ball up court, walking 4 steps without dribbling.*

[@doglover1834]

Justaway Jones we aren't used to it. I don't remember a 4 steps growing up. NBA rulebook is static or ever changing? Lol

[@thatguy4354]

Gamora dies

[@shawndadondoe1242]

Justaway Jones kd just took five!!faked like he was going to pass and just ran!!

[@Asian2706]

There are travels, but it doesn’t happen that often. LeBron travels to take advantage

[@foogentog]

Why is this on business insider?

[@carlodumas8140]

probably paid advertisement by Harden

[@anredickerson1535]

foogentog the business of basketball lol

[@denverovilla]

Basketball is a bussiness.

[@JDMillest23]

NBA is a business.

[@amateruss]

None of your business.

[@Kai-gj7mk]

He looks like he was about to burst out laughing after the final sentence.

[@norrisb1981]

Yeah... thanks for the explanation but the issue is a lot of the time Harden is taking an extra step on his step back. Just as a player driving will often take an extra step. It's traveling.

[@angeloclarke8666]

The step back which the video is ended with, is not what people are calling travel, thats actually a regular step back.

[@sumthing8140]

Referees are so pathetic In future nba will allow 5 steps

[@apineapple2609]

They already do just look at Lebron

[@jawtek82]

Indeed, they JUST did!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqvTnpydeM1jd9k

[@ianguarneschelli2082]

Watch Giannis. Watch a full game of his and u might just get to enjoy the treat of watching him sprint from one end of the court to the other without putting the ball down. Obvious exaggeration, but if u watch Giannis I honestly believe somewhere around 90-95 percent of his baskets come from either walking during the shot, or traveling to get open in the first place. Horror show.

[@biasedfan]

SumThing81 as long as you have your passport you can

[@Asian2706]

LOL, the rules were explained to you, and you still can’t learn? Casual

[@yousjiveturkey]

This isn't the first ref to say this ISNT traveling. Stop wasting y'all energy on hate, and witness greatness.

[@latestsports-viralsportscl3971]

This is such BS though, because in other clips he gathers the ball with two hands, then slides his foot several feet, then takes another 2 steps. This ref just showed a clip of him having his foot planted on the two handed gather, and then James takes 2 steps. It's like the NBA just doesn't want to admit the problem. Many players have caused the rules to get changed because they showed how broken a rule is. Yet the NBA refuses to address this 3-4 step epidemic we're in? How are kids going to learn how to play basketball if nobody knows how many steps we're legally allowed to take anymore? What's even worse is if the NBA currently allows 3 steps between dribbles, and a gather counts as two hands, what stops a player from taking 3 steps with the ball in 1 hand, gathering and taking another 2? This would be a 5 step legal play apparently! If they allowed 3 steps after gather then we could potentially be seeing 6 steps soon.

[@abrahamdsane7177]

Nba don't care about travels ... So far as its entertaining

[@fclucho4861]

True Gooner you don’t know anything about b-ball if you really think that

[@sholovesholove4620]

Fc Lucho the NBA don't care as much. That's facts. The same way jordan get foul calls that nobody else got. Stars do get preferential treatment, but rightly so. Who the hell wants to see Eric Snow do a bunch of walking and then miss a lay up?

[@supa3ek]

Abraham Dsane true dat. No traveling(ahem harden) ...no charging(ahem lebron) .....no carrying the ball(ahem everyone)...... No travelling on dunks (where people take extra steps) just proves this point. They only care about the show !

[@SB1DAPRODUZAGTB]

Abraham Dsane shaqtinafool lol

[@AJ-is5ut]

True Gooner that's exactly what they do and it's not ok. It's one of the reasons i don't watch anymore

[@comet60fps79]

The step back the ref reviewed was legal but the step back they showed earlier in the video around 0:28 was different and a obvious travel. James does two variations of the step back. One is a travel and the one he does most of the time is legal. But nonetheless sometimes it's a travel but never called.

[@ianguarneschelli2082]

Yes he does have two variations, but it’s the opposite, he uses the “illegal” variation most of the time. Try maybe 92.5% of his 3s maybe more? What am I saying, I’m being too generous, make it 98%.

[@chanceadams7043]

Ian Guarneschelli make it you’re special

[@nikeboy8826]

SUB OR I WILL MAKE U DRINK BLEACH i feel the same..doesnt he already have the ball in two hands and steps back again? Usually he steps back while the ball is in one hand and then steps back again and gathers which is legal

[@scarletezra5671]

True! The clip he reviwed was not a travel but the other clip was!

[@storres9198]

In the first step back all he does is add an extra dibble backwards and then proceeds with his gather step.

[@contactkeithstack]

0:25 looks like a travel but I think if you slow it down I think it shows 1) lunges forward 2)last dribble 3) collects feet 4)1 step 5)2 step 6) collects feet (considered a zero step)

[@suppaman12]

The very first step back is traveling. When he’s gathering, anytime you lift a foot, that’s your first step. So put the very first play here in slow motion. You will see he moves 3 times. The one the ref is explaining is def a normal two step. That’s the one everyone uses. Harden is crafty. If your a fan of him, it looks marvelous. If you’re not, it’s a clear travel

[@kingfester]

The first step back was a travel. The 2nd one wasn’t.

[@camerontakeover]

yea definitely tell the NBA REFEREE that he’s wrong at explaining rules

[@unstoppableballer4434]

You can take as many steps as you want until you pick up the ball.

[@kingfester]

COD_Cameron 13 likes to one. You can explain it for me

[@Justj4y7]

@@unstoppableballer4434 lol is that true if so thankyou

[@unstoppableballer4434]

@@Justj4y7 Yup,that's why players can do moves like the stutter step

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

NBA is the only agency that doesn't impose Travel ban

[@Asian2706]

Because there aren’t many travels

[@joshwonkim0895]

Let alone the Raptors.

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Never heard of a “zero step” before 😂

[@onestopfunstop317]

It's not Traveling because the games are fixed. It's a business, and they are promoting a product, (James Harden). Therefore, it's not traveling.

[@timmyd5055]

Bruh that didn't answer nothing

[@zaytheguru2542]

Kawhi Rulez I was thinking that I’m from Houston but James always piss me off with that traveling bs

[@timmyd5055]

Zay The Guru ikr sometimes he even takes four steps. U can't argue that that's not a travel and it's so ez to see that it's a travel but somehow the refs can't see it... like ever

[@drippieredd349]

Kawhi Rulez please fix your grammar.

[@Tofuey]

When you are using your pivot foot to go backwards it does not count as step.

[@norpriest521]

Timmy D Learn English Not Hood English

[@gabzzz7]

There's no such thing as a zero step, every step u make counts

[@markpogi1139]

The first clip of the video when James Harden is stepping back multiple times is a travel. The others being shown while explaining are legal stepbacks.

[@silverbackong]

It's sad, how they change fundamental rules, in a few years 5 steps will be legal.

[@MuzuyaMishima]

One of the reasons why the NBA need new refs lol

[@goudjomichel]

Excuses. Excuses. It's a travel period.

[@Daniel_Robinson]

Why are you the one who gets to choose? I’d go with the NBA and refs on this one since they literally write the rulebook

[@harm9592]

Ya dont know anything shutup

[@arshdeepchhabra1281]

Salty shity hater

[@andrizzle5887]

It’s not a travel because he basically is resetting his footing in between the dribble.. it’s hard to explain simply but it’s right there in slow mo..

[@dexterramos1826]

Cry cry cry

[@TALLPaul67X]

0:25 no kidding Zach. We're talking about this. At least 3 steps, possibly the mini initial step could be counted as the 1st, totalling 4.

[@jaythegod23]

OKAY, all of these videos on KZbin are just showing James doing a regular stepback jumper and not the one we’re complaining about.

[@robertfoisy5540]

Anyone else here because of Curry?

[@ianguarneschelli2082]

Yes. Quite enjoyed watching curry use his hands to make a number 13 on his jersey after the call 😂😂, finally some real pushback

[@drewtaylor7852]

The ref says that there are changes from college to NBA travels, so I think he means in the NBA, you can take as many steps as you want... I mean that's what I see... especially on that stepback against the T-Wolves, that's 4 steps, even if the first one is a gather step.

[@ME-HIGH-LOW]

“Zero step” is the moment when the ball and the jump-off foot hit the ground at the same time.

[@whitesavage6349]

OMG he was like:ummm I'm referee irl sooo Harden does his step back like this. 😂😂😂

[@josebetancourt1161]

They was watching some deestroying in the back 0:35

[@narutoxborutofanatic]

Now everyone does stepbacks, harden’s influence is crazy 🔥

[@ajp5616]

Tf

[@ckoegl]

Lmao ... about the blatant travel in the opening seconds in this vid.

[@TimeIsMine93]

You could tell he knew someone had a check for him off camera for saying that.

[@colepalmer3128]

Okay even if the first step is the "zero step" the clip at 0:00 is still 3 steps. Just check at 0.25 speed

[@Zero-nv4js]

He does a fake dribble and then he takes the step back

[@MH-lk8md]

Clearly his first two steps during the first step back, he was still dribbling. Not a travel. But, he does travel constantly. Just not in this video.

[@akultisgod5538]

do they think we are stupid?

[@yasirxxiii]

Yooo the zero step! 😂 Next time I travel I'm gonna have to keep a straight face explaining this shit

[@movimientoregularizacionsl679]

That is probably the ONE time in his career when he DIDN’T travel

[@maxmx767]

He took the Wrong Play to explain. He should've explained the Travel at 0:27 on this Video. That's is the Travel. Not the one he explained

[@VFXPlug17]

It ain’t a travel that’s his point bruh

[@maxmx767]

BallerXEdits “ At this point “ 😂😂😂😂

[@VFXPlug17]

Kakaroto K ??

[@titusrobinson5413]

First came the Euro but now we got the "zero step" baby let's go!😂Why Euro when you can zero! Gather at the free throw line zero step hop back three all day😱!

[@rigira]

Titus Robinson 💯🔥💪🙏🤣🔥

[@perfectbeat]

LOL @ the sad horn music in the background.

[@tops2934]

Having Referees like this is the reason NBA has become a joke

[@footballbaby1829]

BULLSHIT. A STEP IS A STEP. SO BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING JAMES HARDEN CAN HOP BACKWARDS FOREVER AND NOT BE CALLED FOR TRAVELLING. SO HE HOPS BACK, THEN REALISES IT'S NOT ENOUGH SO HE HOPS AGAIN THEN SHOOTS. IT'S NOT TRAVELLING BECAUSE HE PRACTICED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO DUMB

[@footballbaby1829]

Jimmy Nguyen.. no need, they're probably just rooting or harden so nothing will change. youtube has a comment section to express what you think about it though.

[@footballbaby1829]

Jimmy nguyen ... okay, yes i know there are a lot of miss calls but then we have to realize that james harden always almost get away with it everytime. It has been a few years already and still the NBA is not doing something about it? Ill tell you again, he always gets away with it! the inconsistency is consistent with harden. and also the NBA has not done anything to solve the way harden clips the arm of a defender and make it look like the defender fouled him. LOL you cannot just say this is because of inconsistency.

[@rabbiltube]

😂😂😂 'hop backwards forever...'

[@footballbaby1829]

Jimmy Nguyen.. yheap i get your point with it but the reason why i am taking this up on harden is because he gets away with it every game, every single game. Today he grabbed Exums arm and hit his face with the ball and still the call was on Exum. he always does that and the NBA still hasnt issued a solution for that, I know you said people who drive more to the basket get the benefit of the call BUT if you look at what harden is doing..... its literally different from everyone else. He grabs and clips the arm of the defender, someone like Kevin Love could be injured with that kind of contact and he always gets away with it.

[@FuriousGunnerKat]

NBA......smh....everyone knows he’s traveling

[@nodrama490]

It’s traveling

[@silvernblackproductions9381]

The first time was defiantly a travel because when he took his zero step his hand was under the ball

[@ethansancti2864]

It is bad enough that refs dont call it as travelling, but its worst that a referee appeared in a video explaining why they are incompetent.

[@cappy2282]

"The fans cheer, sooo no travel"

[@MrR9999]

The 0th or "gather" step is a relatively new rule (LeBron/Wade Miami time frame). I remember at the time that they actually said it was introduced to legitimize footwork that was being used all the time in the NBA - specifically the way a lot of guys executed a spin move (queue video footage of LeBron and Wade). Even more stupid, you don't count the 0th step until after the gather. So if you're in mid-stride with both feet off the floor when you catch the ball, the first foot to touch down is 0, then you get a 1-2. If I take all of this into account, I can sort of explain the first step-back in this video from Harden. But I don't want to take all of this into account. I want them to call a travel … because they made a stupid rule change and like everything, it's being exploited … and it's really a travel. So call a travel.

[@birdflerb5981]

Older games still used gather steps. The problem is refs deciding the player stopped dribble. In the 1st 3 at 0:26, he definitely traveled. He picked up, hopped on 1 foot, and then hopped back. The ref did not establish the ball "picked up" until the hop. In that split second of action it's a tough decision.

[@FFAdventuresOriginal]

None of the examples shown of Harden's step back shots are the ones anyone is complaining about. The man clearly takes FOUR stutter steps back or to the side during a lot of his "step back" shots. It's travelling, and you don't have to be a 15 year NBA ref to see it.

[@BillyG3250]

Harden be having 2 zero steps lmaooo

[@TheZoeBig]

It's a travel but the NBA would be boring if they called every travel violation!

[@modoki666]

TheZoeBig Well at least it would basketball and money entertainment circus.. how all other countries are playing still basketball without changing rules of ignoring them..

[@dreghaertargaryen1671]

It wuldnt b boring it wuld make players get back too fundamentals n playing the game the correct way...traveling n moving screens are the 2 most ridiculously non calls refs don’t make which makes it hard for us high school officials because players see nba players get away with it n think it’s ok...or pushoffs wen a player is crossing over or step backing on someone...

[@cjzanders5430]

You’re absolutely right. That’s why they don’t.

[@williamnorman6421]

So he just admitted the nba gives you 3 steps instead of 2 lol

[@JAREMART]

William Norman Yes, and all te world do, read the rules

[@JAREMART]

Duty Sure, when i can, like you can see, i'm not talk English very well

[@francosleaze]

Duty weird flex but ok

[@francosleaze]

Duty does making sure other people spell correctly make you feel special?

[@swiftrian]

Love how at the end he looks like he's holding back a laugh

[@jordanren2949]

James harden really be a rocket with these stepbacks….

[@alightgraph3984]

I thought gather step only applied when a player is in progression or momentum speed forward

[@cjzanders5430]

Jayjay Ulit - No such rule. But 3 steps is traveling .

[@DanHitt]

"...that's a ZERO step..." hahahahahahahahahahah gtfo!

[@Asian2706]

LOL, it’s a father step rule. Learn the rules headass

[@lilyrubyify]

"Guys please look very closely at this one clip where Harden doesn't travel to understand why he never travels. Thank you for your cooperation." - This ref

[@TheLeppus28]

The first step is a zero step. Makes sense. And sometimes he does two zero steps. Why is this so hard to understand?

[@AlbertoGonzalez-kb8on]

Is traveling

[@timbactobros.7279]

@ 0:27 If you watch the play at 0.25x speed you’ll see that he takes four individual steps after he gathers the ball with both hands. Without a doubt that is a travel bruh smh. 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

If you're going to start counting at 0 you might as well make it a three-step rather rule rather than a two step rule.

[@officialmoondancer]

Everyone: "why isn't this a travel"? Ref: "because they pay us a SHIT TON of money to close our eyes" 👀

[@DataLog]

Zero step doesn't exist in basketball, period.

[@michaelward1546]

zero step. A step in an alternative Rick and Morty Universe. A place where your first step doesn't happen.

[@jazzzzzz5626]

My question is why are we even listen to an nba ref ? They make the worst calls out of all the sports

[@gustavoodysseytrance4ever706]

James Harden 'travels' the world and the seven seas 'carrying' the basketball as an extension of his own body. 😂

[@brianmills4891]

Notice that the first clip was not used as the example of him not traveling. The one where he took 3 steps.

[@68camarorsss33]

Why the step back ISN’T a travel....because he writes us great checks

[@wrotedog]

I will never understand how the Harden 3 step back became a mainstay in today's NBA . And originally that first step without a dribble is indeed a pivot foot.. the explainer is Lost, but you cannot trick the old-school fammo🏀🏀

[@berkan5018]

And in case he takes 3 steps back which he has done that many times,that,in the NBA,is a legal three-step.

[@sharp7450]

Literally used a video in which he doesn't travel LMAOOO but at the beginning he did

[@AboutEvan]

My dad: I’m going to have to disagree with this assessment

[@rileyolson8057]

Even with that explanation the move at :27 seconds is clearly a travel...

[@MrEvanDavidson]

One of the huge misconception in the NBA is how much the players practice?! What is this guy talking about?! Who is doubting that professional athletes practice a lot? Did Business Insider not challenge anything he said? Where's the editor?

[@DrYeti-ys9dg]

Face it, Harden travels.

[@DickbuttChillingOnPluto]

Bruh he gathers it steps back then hops back most of the time y’all used one where he only took one step back

[@john50beach18]

0:00 Dribble terminates. Left foot down 1. Right foot back 2. Left foot back 3. 3 = travel

[@Johnnyjibe]

Don’t you know? I’m a pimp named Step Back.

[@mynameis6157]

Refs literally explaining it to people and the people still say the ref is wrong 😂😂😂

[@ayz4299]

He almost laugh in the end lol xD

[@LazyLickitung]

Okay thank you for clarifying why I should never watch the NBA again or take any of you officials seriously. Thank you

[@sxatqepl]

Okay. Now during this season, explain how him going from the 3pt arc, to the basket without dribbling is not travelling