The reason you’ve never seen anyone do it is because it’s not legal. From the nba rulebook section XIII d. “If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball”. When you catch the ball, your pivot foot is already established. Rising up for a jump shot is essentially raising your pivot off the floor. Dribbling is basically dropping the ball, so you can’t be the first to touch it again.
[NBA Violations](https://official.nba.com/rule-no-10-violations-and-penalties/)
It's technically the same travel that gets occasionally (maybe rarely) called in the NBA where the player takes two steps before he begins his dribble. There are a lot of guys who do the pre dribble Euro step move where they jab step and use that foot to push off the other direction to dribble. That's also a travel. Doesn't get called a lot but you're basically getting called for the same thing. Only problem is, you'll get called for that one every single time.
Good question. I think so, as long as your dribble is still alive and the ball bounces before you land. I'm not sure it would be very practical to do though.
Not legal.
Why?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Basketball/comments/169sx5t/if_i_havent_dribbled_go_up_for_a_shot_and_rather/
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The reason you’ve never seen anyone do it is because it’s not legal. From the nba rulebook section XIII d. “If a player, with the ball in his possession, raises his pivot foot off the floor, he must pass or shoot before his pivot foot returns to the floor. If he drops the ball while in the air, he may not be the first to touch the ball”. When you catch the ball, your pivot foot is already established. Rising up for a jump shot is essentially raising your pivot off the floor. Dribbling is basically dropping the ball, so you can’t be the first to touch it again. [NBA Violations](https://official.nba.com/rule-no-10-violations-and-penalties/)
I'm not understanding why you would ever need to do this. Sounds like an easy steal for your defender either way.
Travel. If you begin a dribble it has to leave your hand before your pivot foot leaves the ground.
Is it leave your hand or does the ball have to touch the ground on the dribble before lifting the pivot foot?
Leave the hand. Many people think it's the ground.
It's technically the same travel that gets occasionally (maybe rarely) called in the NBA where the player takes two steps before he begins his dribble. There are a lot of guys who do the pre dribble Euro step move where they jab step and use that foot to push off the other direction to dribble. That's also a travel. Doesn't get called a lot but you're basically getting called for the same thing. Only problem is, you'll get called for that one every single time.
Good question. I think so, as long as your dribble is still alive and the ball bounces before you land. I'm not sure it would be very practical to do though.