point guard

NOUN

basketball position

Synonyms

WEAK

playmaker point point man point player

Example Sentences

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“I want to win. This team wants to win, and I’m the point guard, so it’s on me to help this team and this franchise win.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Curry, a point guard for the Golden State Warriors, is one of the most well-known names in the sport today.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Luke Kennard’s emergence as an emergency point guard was a late-season revelation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

They gutted out the win with a point guard, Mike Conley, who had once been buried so far on the depth chart that the Timberwolves traded him away and reacquired him this season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I don’t want him to feel bad, so I say, “But someday, I might tell someone about stargazing with the NBA’s best point guard, Russ Allen, back before he was famous.”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick