Not P but yet another English question

[Mike Jing]

I did watch a few videos and more or less understand how it works in
basketball. It's how it applies to this situation that eludes me, since in
basketball it seems to involve at least three people: two offensive players
and a defender. I'm not sure how the roles should be assigned here. Thanks
all the same.


On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 4:08 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I sent definitions, even a YouTube video figuring you had the simple
> definition, so I can't help more....
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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"?
>>>> --
>>>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>>>
>>>