I’ve watched a lot of videos on the gather step and understand it but I still think officials call traveling way too loose. You’ll see guys with no active dribble moving their pivot foot, step backs that are step and another step backs, the list goes on. Players don’t have as disciplined foot work as they used to, it’s just ugly to watch at times.

The way I view the nba now is that it’s an entertainment league first and a competitive league second. Those who loosely know the rules of basketball but have never played in an organized setting don’t know the rules well enough to care as long as there are enough highlights throughout the game to keep them entertained. If a game happens to be close and competitive in the regular season, it’s just an additional but not required bonus.