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Thank you!

Lebron is the only player I’ve ever seen get away with a Triple Jump during an NBA game.

The NBA has perverted the jump stop (a longstanding, legitimate move); they let players land their feet staggered instead of simultaneously, and worse they let them take a step and use a “pivot” foot afterwards. But it’s called pretty consistently, so it is pretty much accepted. Kind of like the spin move which usually involves a dribble, then a step to plant and pivot off of, a step with the other foot which becomes the new pivot, the 180 spin and plant with the other foot—3 steps. Almost never a travel, in fact it is bizarre when it is called. The funny part is that it’s virtually the same footwork that KG uses in the post often that other teams complain is a travel; nobody ever complains about a spin move but they sure do with KG. The only difference I can tell is that the spin move is a little more fluid.