Not P but yet another English question

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mark.

I did encounter the basketball term while searching, but I wasn't sure how
it applies to this situation. Is Ron Jeremy supposed to be the "pick" here?
Does it mean he was in the way and she got around him somehow? I'm still
not quite sure how it works.



On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:46 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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.
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> https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/articles/how-to-set-pick-in-basketball.html
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_and_roll#/media/File:Trevor_Booker,_Tony_Parker_and_Kirk_Hinrich.jpg
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> 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...
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> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:36 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's *Big Red Son *(from*
>> Consider the Lobster and Other Essays*):
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>> 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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