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This category is for basketball players who are most known for playing the point guard position. Note that a player's nationality does not affect the role of the position, since basketball positions are played the same way across the globe.
The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001. The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early , a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...
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. Point guards are expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the ...
We have taken our HoopsHype 75 list and split it into five positions: point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers. The catch is, the players who received some votes ...
Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. [1] (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, where he holds franchise records in assists and steals and led them to an NBA Finals appearance.
[3] Bleacher Report also listed Johnson first in its all-time NBA point guard rankings. [4] In 2022, to commemorate the NBA's 75th anniversary, The Athletic ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Johnson as the 5th greatest player in NBA history, and the highest ranked point guard. [5]
'The Harrisburg Houdini ', star ballhandling guard of the late 1940s and early 1950s. NBA All-Star for the Rochester Royals multiple times. [29] 1971: Bob Cousy: G: Star point guard for the Boston Celtics, known for passing and ballhandling. Six-time NBA champion as player (1957, 1959–1963); NBA Most Valuable Player (1957); 13-time NBA All ...
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.