point guard

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Noun

point guard (plural point guards)

1. (basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.

   Many current NBA coaches are former point guards.

Translations

ballhandling guard in basketball

Asturian: base m or f Catalan: base (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 控衛 / 控卫 (kòngwèi), 控球後衛 / 控球后卫 (kòngqiú hòuwèi), Finnish: pelintekijä (fi) French: meneur (fr) m German: Point Guard m Italian: playmaker (it) m Lithuanian: įžaidėjas m Romanian: conducător (ro) m Spanish: base (es) f Turkish: oyun kurucu (tr)