You’re procedurally correct, and this “stepback-shot fake-reverse pivot-stepthrough-floater” sequence is very much potentially legal (and nasty), but this particular one was definitely a travel because he slides the pivot foot here
You’re procedurally correct, and this “stepback-shot fake-reverse pivot-stepthrough-floater” sequence is very much potentially legal (and nasty), but this particular one was definitely a travel because he slides the pivot foot here
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You’re procedurally correct, and this “stepback-shot fake-reverse pivot-stepthrough-floater” sequence is very much potentially legal (and nasty), but this particular one was definitely a travel because he slides the pivot foot here
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But yeah anyone calling this a travel *because of the amount of steps he took* is procedurally incorrect because of the nature of floaters as essentially deep layups; the pivot foot is the only actual problem
Arguably in this situation, yes, the pivot foot slides. I don't think it's really enough to call here, his heel mostly remains in the same spot and you have to allow some latitude for the pivot foot to, y'know, pivot. The step-through tends to get this kind of reaction regardless though.
I think what happens is as he begins the reverse pivot he realizes the stepback left his pivot foot further from the hoop than he wanted; because the ball of the foot is the point of contact for his pivot here, technically once he rolls back to the heel and lifts the toe at all it becomes a travel.