They have literally created rules to hurt Harden. Continuation, and the three point/foul. You really think they'd create a rule to -help- him?
who were the commentators who counted 1, 2, 3? they need to count the exact same way on every nba players move from now on
Here's the thing. Change the rules and make the gather step a part of the 2 steps without dribbling.. See what happens (assuming it is officiated with consistency). How many break away fast break dunks will be waved off? It will make the game BORING! Just look at international basketball that doesn't look at the gather step like the NBA does. There are less open dunks. you see Team USA in FIBA ball getting called for travels all the time. So.. everyone complains about Harden.. watch them b**** about the refs when they are calling travel on Lebron and Giannis fastbreak dunks almost every time. That's what will happen if the rules are changed and officiated with consistency.
Didn't notice a single person complaining about this being a travel in the twitter comments: Count the steps between the last ball bounce and him shooting the ball.
This was beautiful. Kevin O'Connor is out there being a prophet in the time of darkness. I never comment or get involved in social media circle jerks, but it has still reached the point of absurdity watching how people react to the exact same plays by Harden or GIannis.
