Kurt was our best Pick setter
KMart was pretty good at it too
Chandler is ok at it but does not get enough contact

Watching Boozer set great picks last night and watching how the knicks could not set a clean pick (or rarely) was sad.

We need good PICKS if we are gonna have success. It opens everything up. Not softy picks.

in fact, i get the most joys from setting the monster picks,

before i started squatting and deadlifting, i could not do this,

there is an art to a strong pick, it sends a message,

i hope that someone will step up and set the picks for us, i do not know who will play for us, so many are injured, i cannot keep up with the injuries

IronWillGiroud wrote:iz, if you've followed this board with any frequency, you will already be familiar with my rec league exploits

Sorry, I am not familiar

I am actually 5 foot 7 and weigh 180. I am average in upper body strength but I have monster legs. I often use this advantage to set picks on players who are far far bigger than me and this causes many mismatches. When they realized that this was happening and that at my size I was able to stop the defender in his tracks and cause a mismatched switch, they started putting a big on me so that he could switch without getting killed on the switch. This caused me to have a mismatch too with a slower big on me.

My exploits

Moral of the story ... we need strong legged picks that stop defenders in their tracks. When Oakley would come to set a pick, the defender shuttered at the bone jarring outcome. I would like to see Melo setting more picks to the defense will never leave him and that will open up the floor in so many ways.

Chandler makes way too much contact and ties up the guard, usually leading to a switch. That's not what you really want especially with Tyson having no post gsme(or at least none that he's really shown despite working with Hakeem)

trick to a monster pick is to come at an angle, something like 7 or 8 o'clock behind the defender, and have the ball handler lead the defender into your body, BOOM!

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i believe it on kurt! guy just looks like a pick machine,

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there are many types of pick, sometimes yo want to just set a soft pick and roll for the hoop, other times you want to set the tone,

Sounds like Tyson wont be healthy this yr and a compromised Tyson is useless as weve seen

IronWillGiroud wrote:you know who sets an awesome, very subtle moving pick? KG! guy is a legend at this move,

trick to a monster pick is to come at an angle, something like 7 or 8 o'clock behind the defender, and have the ball handler lead the defender into your body, BOOM!

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i believe it on kurt! guy just looks like a pick machine,

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there are many types of pick, sometimes yo want to just set a soft pick and roll for the hoop, other times you want to set the tone,

IronWillGiroud wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:you know who sets an awesome, very subtle moving pick? KG! guy is a legend at this move,

trick to a monster pick is to come at an angle, something like 7 or 8 o'clock behind the defender, and have the ball handler lead the defender into your body, BOOM!

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i believe it on kurt! guy just looks like a pick machine,

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there are many types of pick, sometimes yo want to just set a soft pick and roll for the hoop, other times you want to set the tone,

Theres nothing subtle about KGs moving screens

they're subtle or at least crafty enough to evade the whistle

IronWillGiroud wrote:you know who sets an awesome, very subtle moving pick? KG! guy is a legend at this move,

trick to a monster pick is to come at an angle, something like 7 or 8 o'clock behind the defender, and have the ball handler lead the defender into your body, BOOM!

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i believe it on kurt! guy just looks like a pick machine,

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there are many types of pick, sometimes yo want to just set a soft pick and roll for the hoop, other times you want to set the tone,

Great post IWG!

There are different types for different skill set/players. It all depends what/how you would like the defense to react.

I also agree that setting up the pick a bit behind and have your PG lead his defender into the pick renders the best results, especially when they are fighting over the top. This is great especially when you have a high pct shooting PG like Nash or CP3.

ramtour420 wrote:

israelKnick wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:you know who sets an awesome, very subtle moving pick? KG! guy is a legend at this move,

trick to a monster pick is to come at an angle, something like 7 or 8 o'clock behind the defender, and have the ball handler lead the defender into your body, BOOM!

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i believe it on kurt! guy just looks like a pick machine,

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there are many types of pick, sometimes yo want to just set a soft pick and roll for the hoop, other times you want to set the tone,

Great post IWG!

There are different types for different skill set/players. It all depends what/how you would like the defense to react.

I also agree that setting up the pick a bit behind and have your PG lead his defender into the pick renders the best results, especially when they are fighting over the top. This is great especially when you have a high pct shooting PG like Nash or CP3.

It is still effective for a PG that penetrates after the pick. That in itself is how Felton gets his best looks. That and the 3.

I like the penetration but not the 3 behind a pick. He rarely hits those.

Felton should never stop and pop behind a pick. He is not good enough as a shooter. He has been penetrating pretty well though.