Meanings
nounpick and roll (plural pick and rolls)
plural pick and rolls
- ball gamesAn offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.
He and [Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-roll chemistry will certainly be an objective. [Markieff] Morris has a tendency to linger around the mid-range area after setting ball screens, but when he’s popping beyond the 3-point line, he can hurt defenses.
2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic
Translations
Russian пик-н-ро́лл
- пик-н-ро́лл (pik-n-róll)basketball maneuver
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pick and roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20and%20roll
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“pick and roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20and%20roll. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick and roll,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20and%20roll.
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