LeBron Called for Travelling

[Rondo_is_better]

The fact that this actually counts as a thread topic should say it all.

[nba is the worst]

For once...

[kw10]

Here's the game video:

http://www.nba.com/video/games/wizards/2009/01/04/nba_cle_was_0020800496_recap.nba/index.html?player=whatsnew

TP to you and the OP...that made my day .... it took a few years of complaining on a similar situation where LeBron benefitted from it and gave the Cavs the series victory over the Wizards to finally get the refs a bit more fair lol.

Sidenote: anyone see LeBron get called for the offensive foul in the same video? Then he tried to cover his face and pretend he got smacked hard by a hand (I think it was the ball that got blocked that hit his face) in an attempt to get the ref change the call lol. Lame LeBron...you shouldn't have to do that.
Call me a hater, but I think LeBron can take a smack to the face better than that.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Just to throw this out there, KG travels  everytime he touches the ball and trys to create his own shot, everyone knows it, his teammates, coaches, opponents, fans, and refs know it, and he gets it called on him 1 out of every 100 times, maybe.... And Pierce is quite the primadonna himself, I mean cmon guys you know it...so we dont have much room to complain

[MMacOH]

Anyone who watches the 'offensive foul' that was called on Lebron (the play that Mike Brown got kicked out over) and can reasonably say that was a charge should go through a complete reality check.  Mike James jumped in front of him, turned his shoulder, and leaned.  Not one part of his body was set.  That's a block.  Plain and simple.  Please stop your Lebron hate for 2 seconds and realize a terrible call.  The travel was legit.  Lebron can say he jump stopped all he wants, but the reality is that both his feet did not hit at the same time, hence 'steps' not a jump stop.

As for the Wizard fans and their team.....I would be bitter too if my team kept getting ousted from the playoffs in the first round by the same team year after year.  They can hold sign of Lebron crying all they want.  Its always easy to mock and make excuses when you just aren't better than the other team.  The Wizards play the Cavs tough every game....you know want to ruin the Cavs year for once instead of vice versa

[Schupac]

Anyone who watches the 'offensive foul' that was called on Lebron (the play that Mike Brown got kicked out over) and can reasonably say that was a charge should go through a complete reality check.  Mike James jumped in front of him, turned his shoulder, and leaned.  Not one part of his body was set.  That's a block.  Plain and simple.  Please stop your Lebron hate for 2 seconds and realize a terrible call.  The travel was legit.  Lebron can say he jump stopped all he wants, but the reality is that both his feet did not hit at the same time, hence 'steps' not a jump stop.

As for the Wizard fans and their team.....I would be bitter too if my team kept getting ousted from the playoffs in the first round by the same team year after year.  They can hold sign of Lebron crying all they want.  Its always easy to mock and make excuses when you just aren't better than the other team.  The Wizards play the Cavs tough every game....you know want to ruin the Cavs year for once instead of vice versa

Agreed the offensive foul was a bad call.  But there have been so many hundreds of bad no-calls or even defensive fouls called when Lebron charges into people, it's just a tiny bit of karma.  Please stop your Lebron love for 2 seconds and realize why so many people hate 

As for the Wizards' fans... well I'd be pretty bitter if I was them.  They should have group therapy sessions with Sacramento Kings fans from the start of this decade.  Stress from having officials completely rob your team and a league that doesn't do dip about it.

[MMacOH]

Agreed the offensive foul was a bad call.  But there have been so many hundreds of bad no-calls or even defensive fouls called when Lebron charges into people, it's just a tiny bit of karma.  Please stop your Lebron love for 2 seconds and realize why so many people hate 

As for the Wizards' fans... well I'd be pretty bitter if I was them.  They should have group therapy sessions with Sacramento Kings fans from the start of this decade.  Stress from having officials completely rob your team and a league that doesn't do dip about it.

Please realize that your first paragraph could be said about KG, and Pierce as well.  Lets not pretend they don't get favorable calls. 

Wizards have been robbed by the refs?  Why?  because of one missed traveling call in 3 years?  The refs let them mug Lebron last year in the playoffs, to the point where it was getting ridiculous.

[twinbree]

Agreed the offensive foul was a bad call.  But there have been so many hundreds of bad no-calls or even defensive fouls called when Lebron charges into people, it's just a tiny bit of karma.  Please stop your Lebron love for 2 seconds and realize why so many people hate 

As for the Wizards' fans... well I'd be pretty bitter if I was them.  They should have group therapy sessions with Sacramento Kings fans from the start of this decade.  Stress from having officials completely rob your team and a league that doesn't do dip about it.

Please realize that your first paragraph could be said about KG, and Pierce as well.  Lets not pretend they don't get favorable calls. 

Wizards have been robbed by the refs?  Why?  because of one missed traveling call in 3 years?  The refs let them mug Lebron last year in the playoffs, to the point where it was getting ridiculous.

KG, Pierce and other stars get respect from the refs but now and then they get calls go against them while Lebron is always guaranteed to be on the winning end of questionable calls in crunchtime as evidenced by the complete overreaction of Mike Brown to that charge. It was a bad call but I think his ejection was fortuitous as I don't know what would have happened if he was there when that travel was called.

[MMacOH]

KG, Pierce and other stars get respect from the refs but now and then they get calls go against them while Lebron is always guaranteed to be on the winning end of questionable calls in crunchtime as evidenced by the complete overreaction of Mike Brown to that charge. It was a bad call but I think his ejection was fortuitous as I don't know what would have happened if he was there when that travel was called.

Lebron gets just as many calls against him as KG and Pierce.  Lebron fouled out earlier this year, when is the last time KG or Pierce did that?

[twinbree]

KG, Pierce and other stars get respect from the refs but now and then they get calls go against them while Lebron is always guaranteed to be on the winning end of questionable calls in crunchtime as evidenced by the complete overreaction of Mike Brown to that charge. It was a bad call but I think his ejection was fortuitous as I don't know what would have happened if he was there when that travel was called.

Lebron gets just as many calls against him as KG and Pierce.  Lebron fouled out earlier this year, when is the last time KG or Pierce did that?

I don't think Lebron fouling out once this season proves he gets as many calls. Pierce and Garnett both average more fouls than him in fewer minutes.

[guava_wrench]

I've seen Lebron call for plenty of travelling calls. Some haters are just in denial.

[MMacOH]

KG, Pierce and other stars get respect from the refs but now and then they get calls go against them while Lebron is always guaranteed to be on the winning end of questionable calls in crunchtime as evidenced by the complete overreaction of Mike Brown to that charge. It was a bad call but I think his ejection was fortuitous as I don't know what would have happened if he was there when that travel was called.

Lebron gets just as many calls against him as KG and Pierce.  Lebron fouled out earlier this year, when is the last time KG or Pierce did that?

I don't think Lebron fouling out once this season proves he gets as many calls. Pierce and Garnett both average more fouls than him in fewer minutes.

Lebron averages 1.97 fouls per game.  KG averages 2.03 fouls and Pierce averages 2.71 fouls per game.  Not huge discrepancies there.  You may want to rethink your argument

[crownsy]

KG, Pierce and other stars get respect from the refs but now and then they get calls go against them while Lebron is always guaranteed to be on the winning end of questionable calls in crunchtime as evidenced by the complete overreaction of Mike Brown to that charge. It was a bad call but I think his ejection was fortuitous as I don't know what would have happened if he was there when that travel was called.

Lebron gets just as many calls against him as KG and Pierce.  Lebron fouled out earlier this year, when is the last time KG or Pierce did that?

I don't think Lebron fouling out once this season proves he gets as many calls. Pierce and Garnett both average more fouls than him in fewer minutes.

Lebron averages 1.97 fouls per game.  KG averages 2.03 fouls and Pierce averages 2.71 fouls per game.  Not huge discrepancies there.  You may want to rethink your argument

KG no big discrepancy, paul is nearly an entire foul.

[LB3533]

I don't think Lebron traveled at the end there.

The NBA has often allowed that "hop step" or that "jump stop" and then two steps.

If the NBA officials want to change how they call traveling to actually fit the rule book then each game is gonna last 3 to 3 and half hours long.

[MMacOH]

KG no big discrepancy, paul is nearly an entire foul.

Very true, but none of them are ever in danger of fouling out.  That was more my point.