pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Another guard with positional size that’s really good in pick-and-roll situations.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Fears is a slashing point guard with great feel in pick-and-roll situations and a lot of potential to add elsewhere in his game.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 25 June 2025
Joan Beringer: The 6-11, 230-pound Frenchman turns 19 in November and could be a first-rounder as a mobile threat working in the pick-and-roll and as a lob threat.
—Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
And the reliable Sabrina Ionescu-Jones pick-and-roll tandem was unavailable following the injury.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Fears is a slashing point guard with great feel in pick-and-roll situations and a lot of potential to add elsewhere in his game.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 25 June 2025
Joan Beringer: The 6-11, 230-pound Frenchman turns 19 in November and could be a first-rounder as a mobile threat working in the pick-and-roll and as a lob threat.
—Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
And the reliable Sabrina Ionescu-Jones pick-and-roll tandem was unavailable following the injury.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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