What's walked more than Boris Diaw this season?

[SactownSunsFan]

Honestly, has anyone walked more than Boris Diaw?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Honestly, has anyone walked more than Boris Diaw?

I would say that half of the travel calls that he get are not valid. Refs are looking at the right foot to see if it moves before the ball leaves his hands. Boris uses his left foot as a plant all of the time, and that throws the refs off.

Boris has walked a lot, but quite a few of them were not justified.

 

[Louis]

Shawn Marion might have been whistled for travelling just as much.

 

[Divide Et Impera]

Marion walks ALLLLLLLL the time, but he is only called for it 1/10th of the time. He is the worst I have seen in terms of travelling....

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Marion walks ALLLLLLLL the time, but he is only called for it 1/10th of the time. He is the worst I have seen in terms of travelling....

Shawn is different than Boris though. He picks up both feet, (travel) and Boris leaves one of them on the planted. (not a travel)

 

[SactownSunsFan]

I would say that half of the travel calls that he get are not valid. Refs are looking at the right foot to see if it moves before the ball leaves his hands. Boris uses his left foot as a plant all of the time, and that throws the refs off.

Boris has walked a lot, but quite a few of them were not justified.

Hmmm, interesting. I've seen him called for a lot, but I've never actually paid enough attention to notice if the calls have been valid. You'd figure if the majority of them weren't valid, that the Diaw and the organization would be pushing hard to get the league to take notice and inform the refs of their mistakes.

I still like my poll options, though. Maybe I'll save them and use them for a different poll entitled "Has anything walked more than Patrick Ewing?"

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Hmmm, interesting. I've seen him called for a lot, but I've never actually paid enough attention to notice if the calls have been valid. You'd figure if the majority of them weren't valid, that the Diaw and the organization would be pushing hard to get the league to take notice and inform the refs of their mistakes.

I have taken the time to go back and look at quite a few of his traveling calls. The calls against Marion are much more accurate.

The league has changed the way that it is calling traveling this year, and lobbying with the league will do them no good. They still allow players to take an extra step when they jumpstep. They also let them take about 4 steps when they receive a pass from another player.

 

[azirish]

You would think the coaching staff would be working with these guys on their first step since it is so important.

Obviously some guys naturally have a fast first step, but most guys can do better. One thing that helps is to make a fake before making the move (shot or pass). Another is to learn to go the opposite hand or make a crossover move. So many defenders overplay to the point where going left is almost completely unopposed.

One move that often involves traveling that is never called is the spin move. I'm not sure why this is not taught more, but guys like Manu get a lot of points off it in the paint.

 

[Ollie]

Lebron James gets at least 10 uncalled travels per game, maybe because he looks like a 50 years old guy who can't run anymore.

 

[SactownSunsFan]

Lebron James gets at least 10 uncalled travels per game, maybe because he looks like a 50 years old guy who can't run anymore.

And the scary thing is Greg Oden looks like he could be his father!

 

[Bufalay]

if i were dantoni (which I am) I would tell marion (which I have) that if he walks one more time i'm going to bench him for the rest of the game.

 

[Chaplin]

Tim Duncan barely knows how to dribble, but he's still a superstar.

 

[Bufalay]

has anyone noticed that shane battier is afraid of dribbling? Probably because he sucks at it. I wish Raja Bell was afraid of dribbling...he also sucks at it.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

has anyone noticed that shane battier is afraid of dribbling? Probably because he sucks at it. I wish Raja Bell was afraid of dribbling...he also sucks at it.

Raja does a good job when he drives to the lane, and rarely turns the ball over. You mean that he sucks at dribbling because he does not have a good crossover move?

 

[Bufalay]

he sucks at dribbling because he goes into traffic and then cannot handle it well enough so he'll either take a dumb shot or fumble around with it and make a weak pass.

 

[boisesuns]

I'm not sure, maybe if he walked more he'd come into camp this year in shape.

 

[azirish]

I suspect that Nash is the only Sun that can dribble in traffic effectively. It's not something they try to do very much (Barbosa does through traffic so fast the defenders seem to get whiplash, but if slowed down he's no better than the rest).

 

[mathbzh]

Diaw is our poor man Lebron. But unlike Lebron, when he travels he hears the whistle.

 

[Mulli]

I'm not sure, maybe if he walked more he'd come into camp this year in shape.

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