Another Inquiry

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Perhaps defense?

The rolled or bounced ball lets the offense gauge when they need to pick up the ball based on the proximity of the defense. The long direct pass is probably not open.

If the defense is far enough back to roll the ball to a certain point it's far enough back to just run up the court a little ways then receive the pass. As a player whose most effective weapons were intellect and passing I've never been a fan of rolling the ball.