Meanings
nounpick and pop (plural pick and pops)
plural pick and pops
- ball gamesAn 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
Origin
Modelled on pick and roll.
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APA
pick and pop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20and%20pop
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick and pop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20and%20pop.
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