You'd think it would be simple. Big guy jogs out to the perimeter, plants his feet and waits for a small guy to dribble right by him in an attempt to brush off the defender.
And yet, relatively few NBA centers and power forwards know how to set a proper screen for a pick-and-roll. Or, more likely, they know perfectly well how to do it, they just don't care to do it. Not over and over again, anyway. All those collisions take their toll after a while, even the virtual fender-benders.
"A lot of guys don't want to give up their bodies," said Pacers coach Nate McMillan, who has seen a few picks and rolls in his 12 seasons as an NBA player and 14 as an NBA head coach.