Lebron traveled, or "crab dribbled" as he likes to say (video)

[mc34]

Not an excuse or guarantee we would've won the game if this was called. We had a lot of chances and didn't execute. But this has to be pointed out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxIazBszYs&feature=player_embedded#at=30

Lebron took 3-4 steps depending how you look at the jump stop.

[Roy H.]

Yeah, to me that's pretty clearly a travel.  It wasn't the only one in the game, either.

Oh, well, it happens.  The refs weren't great, but they also weren't nearly as bad as we've seen this year.  It was our failure to execute and to establish any post scoring that killed us.

[barefacedmonk]

He is LeBron James....NBA has its own special set of rules for him.

[kozlodoev]

Yeah, to me that's pretty clearly a travel.  It wasn't the only one in the game, either.

Oh, well, it happens.  The refs weren't great, but they also weren't nearly as bad as we've seen this year.  It was our failure to execute and to establish any post scoring that killed us.

I am still salty over the failure to make a play on the last second in regulation. Unlike Andrew Bynum however, I don't plan on elbowing someone a foot shorter than me to the ground (mostly because people that short are _really_ hard to find).

[Finkelskyhook]

Why do we need a video to see the messiah traveling?  LOL.  I would love to see a video where he doesn't.

That the messiah travels is to be assumed.  He travels on pretty much every posession.  The fact that he dribbled at all to get to that spot is more noteworthy.  He doesn't really have to.  Especially at that point in the game....He would NEVER get called for traveling, charging, or anything else.

Wade carries pretty much every time he dribbles.  Los Nash does also.   Pierce travels quite a bit as well.  At least Pierce gets called occasionally.

He is LeBron James....NBA has its own special set of rules for him.

Completely obvious.

[KungPoweChicken]

LeBron only took four steps in that video. LBJ only gets called for a travel when he takes five or more steps.

[rondohondo]

I was screaming at my tv on this play, I know superstars get close calls, but this isn't even close he takes 3 steps, stops, changes his pivot foot and takes a 4th step.

It really amazes me that it wasn't mentioned at all in the game last night.

C's still should have won, but that's a HUGE call to miss...

[Finkelskyhook]

I was screaming at my tv on this play, I know superstars get close calls, but this isn't even close he takes 3 steps, stops, changes his pivot foot and takes a 4th step.

It really amazes me that it wasn't mentioned at all in the game last night.

C's still should have won, but that's a HUGE call to miss...

The only time it would be mentioned would be the exhasperation of the broadcasters, coaches, and the messiah himself if traveling was ever called. 

That's not about the laughable excuse of the speed of the game...lol.  The messiah didn't move much faster than Perk would on that play.  NBA stars routinely travel.  But there were so many steps there that only the messiah would not get called.

If you want to make the case Donaghy makes, You could youtube virtually any messiah posession.  The reality is that I don't know why anybody picked that particular play to youtube.  It's really nothing more than a basic example of pretty much every time he touches the ball.