Luka Doncic is the early favorite for NBA Rookie of the Year, leading all rookies in scoring. He’s also seemingly been good for at least one “wow, how did he do that?” moment in every game this season.

It certainly happened on Tuesday night. In fact, Doncic is already getting the same star treatment reserved for the likes of James Harden.

In the Mavs’ win over Portland, Doncic found space for a clutch 3 off a mean step-back move. It looked awfully close to the patented James Harden double stepback (err travel), which NBA officials have defended as a legal move.

Mean step-back with the shot clock fading from @luka7doncic 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1zpmXqOh7F — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 5, 2018

On Wednesday, the NBA Referees Twitter account publicly explained the legality of Doncic’s stepback in a similar matter we’ve seen for Harden.

We've been getting a lot of questions asking if this is a travel. Focus on the "gather" – the offensive player gathers the ball with his left foot on the floor. He then jump stops behind the three point line and elevates into his shot. This is a legal play: https://t.co/nGJY5co8Ho — NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) December 5, 2018

Even after focusing on the gather, the explanation was still pretty questionable. He’s taking two full jumps back, but hey, it works for Harden. It seems to be working for Luka.