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26 Responses to “The Crab Dribble”

1. rea Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:06 am

   Crab dribble?

2. phil Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am

   Bear much resemblance?

   Maybe it’s a bear dribble. They have bears in Canada.

3. Dave Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am

   Except the move he’s describing doesn’t seem to bare much resemblance at all to what LeBron did on the floor.

   LeBron was playing naked?

4. McKingford Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:27 am

   LeBron was playing naked?

   Let’s just say he’s been exposed.

   ~

   I kind of like the idea that when a guy lifts his pivot foot before he starts dribbling, if he calls it a *hesitation* dribble, then it’s all ok…

5. tom veil Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am

   The NBA should just get rid of dribbling altogether. The game that LeBron and a lot of other stars want to play is clearly not basketball, and it would help fans if the NBA would clearly divorce themselves from the game that high schools, colleges, and foreign leagues play.

6. Petey Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 11:03 am

   “Revisiting yesterday’s LeBron James contention that it’s okay to travel if you call it a “crab dribble”…

   LBJ’s move against the ‘zards was indeed a travel.

   However, his normal “go to move” is almost identical, and isn’t a travel.

7. Brent Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am

   The NBA should just get rid of dribbling altogether. The game that LeBron and a lot of other stars want to play is clearly not basketball, and it would help fans if the NBA would clearly divorce themselves from the game that high schools, colleges, and foreign leagues play.

   I think the most effective way to do this would be to call themselves something unique like, say, the “National Basketball Association,” as long as that one isn’t taken yet. And then maybe they could just shorten it to “NBA.”

   Or maybe they could go with “Non-Mickey Mouse Three Point Line League” or “You Thought You Had To Play Defense In College Holy Shit You Have No Idea League.”

   I don’t know. Matt has covered this pretty well in the past, hasn’t he?

8. MrTimbo Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

   What I like about this whole incident is what a nerdy route LeBron took whine against the refs. It was almost like David Addington talking about the “unitary executive”, whipping out some obscure term in hopes that folks will think his knowledge is so vast and comprehensive that they should trust him more than their own reasoning.

9. JPO Says:
   January 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

   Sorry for the gratuitous self-promotion, and I don’t usually do this, but I covered this whole topic, including the Canadian hoops page, in a bit more depth on our NBA blog yesterday.

   To be fair, the Canadian page is not hard to find; it’s the only basketball-related hit when you search for “crab dribble -lebron” on google!

10. bum Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    I know exactly what a crab dribble is now. Magic always used one to keep smaller quicker defenders away from the ball.

    I’m not sure what it has to do with what Lebron did. If you perform a crab dribble, then follow it up with three steps, it’s still a travel.

11. Chris Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    If LeBron James wants to play a sport in which the athlete holding the ball is allowed to take multiple running steps while retaining possession, he should go play football.

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