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pick and pop

pick and pop noun: an alternate version of pick and roll where the player moves to an open spot, where they receive a pass and make a jump shot.

Noun

pick and pop (plural pick and pops)

  1. An alternate version of pick and roll where the player moves to an open spot, where they receive a pass and make a jump shot.
    • He [Markieff Morris] won the Wizards a game in Portland earlier this year (a place Thunder fans know is not exactly the easiest to win in) just because Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic kept dropping back on pick-and-pops and Morris continued heading beyond the 3-point line.2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic

Forms of pick and pop

pluralpick and pops

Origin of pick and pop

Modelled on pick and roll.

Questions about pick and pop

What does pick and pop mean?
Pick and pop means an alternate version of pick and roll where the player moves to an open spot, where they receive a pass and make a jump shot.
What part of speech is pick and pop?
Pick and pop is a noun.
What is the plural of pick and pop?
The plural of pick and pop is pick and pops.

Words near pick and pop in the dictionary

  1. pick and choose
  2. pick and mix
  3. pick and pack
  4. pick and pass
  5. pick and place
  6. pick and pop
  7. pick and roll
  8. pick apart
  9. pick at
  10. pick away at
  11. pick bids off the wall

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