Traveling is the reason Giannis & LeBron succeed in the NBA but suck Internationally

[BallsOut]

In the NBA, Giannis and LeBron travel nearly everytime they drive to the rim. They get away with taking 3 steps. Dudes even taking off from the 3pt line in. It's hilariously blatant and embarrassing. The NBA refs rarely ever call it.

In international play, where refs actually have rule standards and abide to them, Giannis goes from Greek freak to greet feet every play down, because dude can't do shit without traveling. Same thing with LeBron. These guys all become subpar in international play because their traveling card gets taken away from them.

[Rudeboy3]

Damn, love the stats you used to back this up

[Mask the Embiid]

Why was Spanoulis so bad in the NBA OP?Why still to this day, do NBA coaches, call bricking a shot after coming clean off a pick "Pulling a Spanoulis"?

[Kblaze8855]

Literally 100% of the nba travels including the ones good internationally.






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One of the best international players of his time.

[FKAri]

The NBA rule book is chock full of contradictions and impossible to enforce rules.

[MrFonzworth]

Why was Spanoulis so bad in the NBA OP?Why still to this day, do NBA coaches, call bricking a shot after coming clean off a pick "Pulling a Spanoulis"?

Only time anyone has ever yelled "pulling a Spanoulis" is when they referred to running a train on your mother you white cuck.

[LeCola]

Why was Spanoulis so bad in the NBA OP?Why still to this day, do NBA coaches, call bricking a shot after coming clean off a pick "Pulling a Spanoulis"?

Because he is an alpha and a clutch player but not talented enough to be a that kind of guy in Nba. Instead of the Rockets, if he played in a tanking team he would perform much better. Also, if Lebron had his mental abilities he would be goat or a top 5 player now.

[BallsOut]

Literally 100% of the nba travels including the ones good internationally.






One of the best international players of his time.

Melo's pull-up 3 game wasn't the reason he was dominant internationally. It was his quickness and mid-range/overwhelming post strength that got him those points.

[Smoke117]

I've said it for awhile that nobody benefits from the fact that they don't call traveling more than Giannis. He's so freakishly long and athletic that of course it's impossible to stop him when he doesn't have to play by the actual rules and can just run with the ball out there.

[gabepizza]

Lebron sucks internationally? Is that why he won 2 Olympic Gold Medals? Yes in 2008 he was a sidekick to Kobe but 2012 he was the best player on a gold medal team. If the Olympics gave out MVP Awards it would have been Lebron in 2012

[BallsOut]

Someone finally made a 15 minute compilation video of LeBron traveling: https://youtu.be/e4ivATsY08s

And dude talks about not cheating the game

[paksat]

Someone finally made a 15 minute compilation video of LeBron traveling: https://youtu.be/e4ivATsY08s

And dude talks about not cheating the game

lmfao, this deserves it's own thread

[Indian guy]

Good lord

LeBron was either the best or 2nd best player in every Team USA stint he had from 2006 onward. He was nothing short of brilliant in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

[SamuraiSWISH]

LeBron was very good in 2008 and 2012. Team USA’s second best player in 2007, 2008 and the best player on the 2012 team. The hell are you talking about OP? Giannis travels with sloppy foot work even more than LeLottery.

[BallsOut]

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