shooting guard

noun

: a guard in basketball whose chief role is as an outside shooter

Examples of shooting guard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All-Star Miami Heat shooting guard Tyler Herro has incurred a bit of a health hiccup on his push towards making his 2025-26 season debut. —Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025

Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson is standing beside his lady and not allowing for any public disrespect towards her to go unchecked. —Essence, 14 Nov. 2025

High school power forward Davion Adkins and shooting guard Luke Barnett have signed financial aid agreements to play basketball at Kansas, Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced Thursday. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025

Without any of the team’s top three players, coach Steve Kerr opted to insert rookie guard Will Richard, second-year center Quentin Post and shooting guard Moses Moody into the starting lineup alongside Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga. —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shooting guard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard