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A scoring point guard regularly has the ability to shoot from three-point or mid-range distance. This type of point guard could also score around the basket with floaters, acrobatic layups or dunks. Stephen Curry (NBA) and Damian Lillard (NBA) are some examples of a scoring point guard. A facilitator-type point guard often has a high basketball ...
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court.
1. A play in which a shooter is fouled while making a standard two-point field goal and then makes the resulting free throw, such that a total of three points is scored. See also and one. 2. (rarely) A play in which a shooter is fouled while taking but missing a three-point field goal and then makes all three resulting free throws. three-pointer
The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching, so in conjunction with my latest points and category rankings dropping, let's dig into my position-by-position tiers, starting with the point guards.
Here are the top 10 point guards entering the campaign: More: OKC Thunder schedule for 2024-25 NBA season begins at Denver Nuggets: See every game, date Top 10 point guards entering 2024-25 NBA season
During the combine, Castle showed off an improved 3-point jumper (after shooting just 26.7% from 3 during the season) and finished third overall in the 3-point star shooting drill (18-for-25).
The initial setup of the triangle offense, with a sideline triangle to the right of the free throw lane. The point guard (circled "1") has brought the ball up the floor, passed to the shooting guard (circled "2"), and cut to the strong-side corner. The offense starts when a guard passes to the wing and cuts to the strong-side corner.
After Steve Nash's retirement, the NBA is without a North American white starting point guard for the first time in its history. So, actor Michael Rapaport is starting a charity: The Stockton Army.