Not P but yet another English question

[Mark Kohut]

What does it mean to set a pick? ---
Here's the definition of a pick: *When an offensive player legally blocks
the path of a defender to open up another offensive player for a shot or to
receive a pass*. When setting the pick, you should: Feet spread - you want
to create a wide base that is hard for the defender to get around.
https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/articles/how-to-set-pick-in-basketball.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_and_roll#/media/File:Trevor_Booker,_Tony_Parker_and_Kirk_Hinrich.jpg
https://www.google.com/search?q=set+a+pick+basketball&newwindow=1&sxsrf=ALiCzsZoZEjO0EiRwQ2CHJcoKqjp5M5Bbg%3A1667723620525&ei=ZHFnY5HcH62bwbkPoeOPwAY&oq=set-pick&gs_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQH4AQEqAggAMgYQABgHGB4yBhAAGAcYHjIIEAAYBxgeGAoyBhAAGAcYHjIGEAAYBxgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgewgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICDhAAGOQCGNYEGLAD2AEBwgIHECMYsQIYJ5AGDUiva1DlCVjJDXABeAHIAQCQAQCYAV-gAZsBqgEBMuIDBCBNGAHiAwQgQRgA4gMEIEYYAYgGAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:39f66c8a,vid:ke5-IMRUcXY
I once saw this done on an elevator in a business setting. Kept
someone from confronting another as they started arguing on the
elevator and were now getting off...





On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:36 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's *Big Red Son *(from*
> Consider the Lobster and Other Essays*):
>
> Whereupon in turn Ms. Jasmin St. Claire, seeing Harold Hecuba clutching the
> upraised hand of an agitated and off-balance Nici Sterling, performed a
> set-pick off the three-foot width of Ron (“the Hedge-hog”) Jeremy and leapt
> on Hecuba’s back and deployed what Filth averred was a pretty authentic-
> and impressive-looking LAPD-style chokehold
>
> What is a "set-pick"?
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