shooting guard
nounDefinition of shooting guard
: a guard in basketball whose chief role is as an outside shooter
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What would the Nuggets need to offer to entice the Wizards to part with their star shooting guard? — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, "Nuggets Ink podcast: The Jerami Grant trade, Jamal Murray’s big contract and more NBA earthquakes in Vegas," 12 July 2019 Dylan Windler, senior, Belmont shooting guard In many ways, Windler is the ideal Warriors role player. — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, "NBA draft: Seven players Warriors might target, plus other names to know," 19 June 2019 Of course, the Raptors will have a slightly different look from the team that knocked out the Magic after losing NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and shooting guard Danny Green to free agency. — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, "Magic begin 2019-20 NBA season at home against Cavaliers, close it against Raptors," 12 Aug. 2019 Dragic’s crafty playing style gives him the ability to play point or shooting guard. — Damichael Cole, SI.com, "Ranking the 10 Best Players Available in 2020 NBA Free Agency," 16 July 2019 The $32 million the team has in cap space could be split to add bodies to the Lakers’ starting five, maybe split between someone like 23-year-old point guard D’Angelo Russell and a veteran shooting guard like Danny Green. — Dan Woike, latimes.com, "NBA free agency: The Lakers’ best option might be Kawhi Leonard or another max player," 28 June 2019 The pair later heads to Auerbach Center, where the Boston Celtics practice, and meet up with Celtics point guard Terry Rozier and shooting guard Jaylen Brown. — David Oliver, USA TODAY, "'The Bachelorette' recap: The stage is set for epic showdown between Luke P. and Luke S.," 3 June 2019 De'Aaron Fox wants to channel Chris Paul and demand it ‘Just take a deep breath’: Kings rookie Marvin Bagley grapples with his first challenge LaVine, however, plays shooting guard, where the Kings already have Bogdan Bogdanovic and Buddy Hield. — Jason Jones, sacbee, "Pass on Jabari Parker, think ahead: How the Kings can avoid messing it up for 2019," 30 June 2018 Embiid was joined on the second team by Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook, Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, San Antonio Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, and Toronto Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan. — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "Sixers' Joel Embiid named second-team all-NBA," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shooting guard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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