point guard

noun

: a guard in basketball who is chiefly responsible for running the offense

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Self was there to see point guard Taylen Kinney. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 Whether that’s a yet-to-sign point guard, a two-way conversion, Bradley, or even someone else is to be determined. Tony East, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The 6-4 point guard from Mayfair High School outside Los Angeles is the revelation of the summer recruiting circuit, going from unheralded and unranked to a solid four-star prospect that attracted the attention of SDSU and UCLA. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 There have been several great players who played the point guard position, coming in all different shapes and sizes, fulfilling different archetypes of what the position can be. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for point guard

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of point guard was in 1969

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“Point guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20guard. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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