“Thumb Down/Up”
<p><strong>Definition: </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Synonyms: </strong>Rub</p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong> 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 <a href="https://medium.com/the-basketball-dictionary/pindown-805c093c0892" rel="noopener">pindown</a>. 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.</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/the-basketball-dictionary/thumb-down-up-660c3cc63550"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>