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NBA officials confirm James Harden didn’t travel on step-back jumper

Another one of James Harden’s step-back jumpers is at the center of controversy today on #NBATwitter.

In Tuesday night’s blowout of the Shanghai Sharks, James Harden pulled off a devastating crossover on his defender- a behind-the-back step-back jumper for a three-pointer.

The move was creative and beautiful, and it should have been appreciated. Of course, that’s not the way that Twitter works, is it?

A lot of people, not just big sports entities, stirred up controversy about it being a travel. While many agreed that it was a travel, it seemed that just as many people agreed that it wasn’t.