Definition: A half-court set in which a ball-screener receives a down screen from another offensive player before initiating a pick-and-roll with the ball-handler.
Synonyms: Rub
Explanation: The notion of a good screener usually refers to an offensive player’s ability to create hard contact. Great screeners, the thinking goes, dish out punishment on every ball-screen or pindown. But this is an incomplete, and somewhat inaccurate, characterization of the screening process. On any given screen, contact is not necessarily a requirement — sometimes it’s more beneficial for the offensive player to slip the screen or roll to the basket before connecting with a defender.