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playmaker

noun as in point guard

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The kid who lit up Tennessee high-school football remains the same electrifying playmaker.

While Paul worked in the lineage of Cousy and Stockton—basketball’s legendary little guys—the NBA started favoring bigger playmakers, who could pass the ball but also score by the bucketload.

Meanwhile Argentina have opted to keep Ojomoh's Bath team-mate Santiago Carreras among the replacements, after the playmaker was deployed to impressive effect from the bench in last weekend's win over Scotland.

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The Barcelona playmaker twice came close to scoring a second from long range but Bayindir tipped over both efforts.

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Bellingham found Foden and the Manchester City playmaker teed up Eze for a superb finish into the top corner from the edge of the area.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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