Not P but yet another English question

[Mike Jing]

That's for the explanation, Mark. But after carefully reading the
description on this page:

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/articles/how-to-set-pick-in-basketball.html

I think I finally understand what this is all about. I think Ms St. Claire
is the one using the pick, and Ron Jeremy is the one setting it. Of course,
being a bystander, Ron wasn't actually blocking anyone on purpose, he just
happened to be there, and Ms St. Claire needed to get around him to get her
hands on Hecuba.  So she performed a maneuver that looks like a basketball
player coming "off" a pick. I don't think there was any actual "defender"
around.



On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 7:44 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I think it means is this, given the definition of set a pick:  Ms St.
> Claire set a pick--
> stood solid in a commanding position per the definition; stood solid "off"
> ...Ron
>
> ---in setting a pick
> one firmly crowds the defender to keep that defender out of the
> play---this is the way
> it happened off the basketball court in that elevator story--arms out, and
> in the way without
> grabbing.....
>
> then, Ron blocked out of the way, Ms St. Claire is now able to leap on
> Hecuba's back.....notice the scene
> is fluid re Hecuba clutching an off-balance Nici Sterling---and do a
> chokehold.
>
> There is a great cat video I cannot find again where a cat, as firm on its
> back legs as Bill Russell on a set-pick , throws one
> front leg around a dog, a short one, sniffing and coming too close, and
> actually somersaults him and walks away
> cool as any cat...
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 5:49 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>