BAKIT HINDI ITO TRAVELING

TRAVELING: Taking 3 steps without dribbling the ball - Super educated basketball fan explanation

Sa madaling salita. Kapag naka tatlong hakbang ka sa basketball ng walang dribble, ikaw ay matatawagan ng traveling violation. Yan ang pangunahing deskripsyon ng mga karaniwang nanonood ng basketball. Wala nang ibang argumento. Wala nang ibang dahilan. Wala nang ibang konsiderasyon. Traveling yan. Yan ay sabi ng P.E. teacher nila.

Simple and plain. Bakit pa ba magsesearch ng iba pang meaning. E yun na nga 'yon.

Balikan natin ang dunk na nasa itaas

Traveling ba? Para sa iba, OO. Para sa marunong mag research at tunay na Basketball fan mula pa noon, ang sagot ay isang malaking HINDI.

Kung ang tatanungin mo ay si Google, marami s'yang pwedeng ibato sa'yong dahilan kung BAKIT HINDI ITO TRAVELING. Dahil ang dahilan n'ya. Ay hindi lang basta; "Three steps = traveling". Dahil maraming dapat na konsiderasyon bago tawagan ng traveling ang isang move. Maraming "ELSE-IF" statement.

Ilan sa mga konsiderasyon ay ang mga ilang move at rule na ito. Halimbawa:

HOP STEP MOVE
Else If: Kung ikaw ay nag-drive, at ang first step mo matapos ang isang dribble ay ang iyong right foot. Ang susunod mong hakbang ay dapat sa kaliwang paa. Kung ang susunod mong hakbang ay sa kanang paa, ito ay hindi matatawag na traveling violation. Dahil ang first step ay walang count, sapagkat ito ay off the dribble.
If: Pero kung ang first step mo matapos ang isang dribble ay ang right foot mo, at ang sumunod na hakbang ay right foot muli bago ang isang hakbang kaliwa. Ito ay violation na.
Ito ay malinaw na ipinaliwanag sa link na ito: www.youtube.com/watch

GATHER STEP or TWO AND A HALF STEP
"You're allowed 2 steps upon completion of a dribble, so if you dribble while pushing off of one foot it is not counted toward one of your 2 allowed steps." - NBA RULE BOOK
Ito ay madalas na tinatawag na "Two and a half step" kung saan ang half step ay ang "Gather step" na ginagamit ng mga player na gumagawa ng "EURO-STEP MOVE".

Kaya sa mga nag mamarunong. Paki-explain kung bakit hindi traveling si Dwyane Wade dito

Pati sa dunk ni Manu Ginobli dito

At lalo na sa layup ni Michael Jordan dito.

Yun lang. Maraming Salamat.

I Don't Want To Go Home - Marqus Blakely

Marqus Blakely wearing San Mig Coffee's white uniform in a Finals game in Governor's Cup 2013

If you will read the list of Imports for the current PBA conference. You will notice that his name has the smallest height in the tally. 6'5" s'ya mga tol.

If you will make time to read the box-score of Purefoods vs Global port game last Friday. You will see these numbers beside his name, 26 points, 19 rebounds. 7 blocks. Almost a triple-double. 

Actually, the first thing that cross my mind when I heard that he will be the temporary import of Purefoods, I thought, dehado sa height, baka hindi kayanin. But when I saw him made a three point shot, grabbed 19 rebounds and just missed one free-throw that game. Men, we should make him stay!

Here is a guy, who knows the system very well. Knows the team for so long (I will not get surprise if he already shared an Ice-cream with Joe Devance). Became one of the reasons of 2 championships of the team's 4-peat. Beside the fact that his contract will just take 2-3 games, he still giving Purefoods so many reasons why they should keep him. 

Tonight, in his 'virtual' last game vs Alaska. He scored 17points and 11 rebounds. Double-Double is the best two words in sports for him, no doubt.

Every game he bring-up huge numbers. Suffer a lot of bumps inside the paint (bumps with the floor are not included). But I don't think he used salonpas for body-pains. Because literally and figuratively, his body is made of titanium.

What more can we ask for? A 6'5" player who rebound like a 6'9". With a titanium body combined with energy who can light up the whole Farmers plaza. Who is so familiar in any aspects of the team. I wish, Purefoods franchise should give him a permanent Philippine-address and keep him forever. You agree?

And if you still find a person who doubt Mr. Blakely. Pakisabi nalang, "huy si Mr. Everything s'ya".