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Bigger fake basketball move...
1. Eurostep
2. Jump stop
3. Moving Screen
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It depends on what you are calling a jump stop. What it is supposed to be is catching the ball in the air then landing on both feet. If you are saying they are catching it with one foot on the ground then jumping and coming down on both feet, that is technically not a travel. That is a legal play per the rule book and always has been. The catch is that you don't have a pivot foot in that scenario - you have to keep both feet on the ground where they are or jump and release the ball in the air. If you do that an then pivot, then it is a travel.
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If you want to watch someone who has mastered the art of when to pick up a basketball watch Harden. All of his moves look like travels but he has it timed perfectly that his "1st Step" is also at the same time he picks the ball up. Then what most people consider as steps 2 and 3 are actually 1 and 2 and this is why he is so hard to guard.