How to Use shooting guard in a Sentence

shooting guard

noun

• And the Aztecs already had a starting shooting guard in Bradley.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Irving is not and has never been a stand-around, wait-for-the-ball shooting guard.
  — Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2023
• Pearl has Jones penciled in to take Jasper’s spot as the starting shooting guard.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2023
• The Celtics first scored off a difficult cross-court pass from Smart to shooting guard Jaylen Brown.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• With Mitchell out, Caris LeVert will make a spot start at shooting guard, sources say.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
• Vassell excelled in his first game as the starting shooting guard in the post-White era.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2022
• Simons would start at point guard with Sharpe at shooting guard.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• That leaves the 19-year-old Sharpe as the tallest player available to play at point guard, shooting guard or small forward.
  — oregonlive, 7 July 2022
• Powell had declared his goal to be the starting shooting guard but has been told by Lue to embrace the role of sixth man.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
• The 33-year-old shooting guard is in his seventh season with the Houston Rockets.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2022
• Hurley sees Horne playing at both point and shooting guard with Collins.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2022
• Howard caught wind of Brooks’ intention and greeted the shooting guard with arms wide open and a smile stretching from ear to ear.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2022
• Thybulle gives the team a veteran guard off the bench behind Sharpe, the likely starter at shooting guard.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
• Stephen Curry finished third in the best shooting guard voting at 17%.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
• Currently, Porter projects to be the starter at point guard next to shooting guard Jalen Green in Houston’s backcourt.
  — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• The cream of the crop, according to NBA free agent shooting guard rankings this offseason?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2022
• In the meantime, Thibodeau declared Fournier as the frontrunner to start at shooting guard.
  — Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant, 10 Oct. 2022
• Even a former shooting guard like DeMar DeRozan played 81% of his minutes this season at the four.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 23 May 2022
• Phoenix shooting guard Devin Booker didn’t get in until Year 5.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022
• The shooting guard has missed the Utah Jazz’s past five games with a concussion, while the center suffered a strained calf late in Sunday’s loss to the Warriors.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Jan. 2022
• Campbell and shooting guard David Singleton combined to miss all nine of their shots in the second half.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Okogie is a 6-foot-3 shooting guard who Monty Williams said reminds him of Bo Jackson for the girth in his thighs and upper body.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
• Star shooting guard tweaked his left hamstring with less than 5 minutes to play in Monday’s blowout loss in Dallas.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• How well can Landry Shamet respond to the challenge oreplacing him as a likely starter at shooting guard?
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
• The Zion-Benton sophomore played shooting guard for the girls basketball team this past season.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
• The shooting guard from Canada spent his lone college season at Kentucky, but did not appear in a game for the Wildcats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
• Miller, the high-flying shooting guard from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2022
• The team flipped Thorpe—the team's starting power forward—at the trade deadline for Clyde Drexler, a superstar for sure, but a 6-foot-7 shooting guard.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 7 Oct. 2022
• As for position, Hetzel said Sharpe is a wing who will play shooting guard and small forward.
  — oregonlive, 2 July 2022
• At 6-foot-4, Ivey has plus size at the point guard position or could slide to shooting guard alongside Cade Cunningham.
  — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2022

Last Updated: 7 May 2024