Sentences with phrase «backcourt man»

The season preview continues with photos of the year's finest guards, a profile of the best backcourt man and scouting reports on the top 20 teams and the best of the rest by Barry McDermott, Larry Keith, Herman Weiskopf, Kent Han - non, Jim Kaplan and Don Delliquanti.

He also had 40 blocked shots, a figure surpassed by only four other guards — Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Michael Cooper and Marques Johnson, who are more like forwards — and totaled more minutes per game than all but three NBA backcourt men.

Not exact matches

But if someone can wake them up, it's rookie Robert Pack of USC, who has found his way into coach Rick Adelman's four - man backcourt rotation.

Sophomore Edgar Lacey has yet to learn all the nuances of this gambit, and he and safety man Keith Erickson may have too much backcourt territory to cover.

Portland has Buck Williams up front, quarterback Terry Porter and future $ 8 million man (his 1995 - 96 salary) Clyde Drexler in the backcourt, and now Ainge, Mr. Vim and Vinegar, off the bench.

Philly has loaded up on big men over the past few drafts (Nerlens Noel, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric) and could desperately use help in the backcourt — especially after trading away 2013 - 14 Rookie of the Year winner Michael Carter - Williams.

He most certainly must be a superb passer, but to keep today's increasingly complex and effective defenses honest, he must be able to score as well, even though he probably has a man 6» 5» or taller who is a 50 % shooter (and, therefore, known as the «shooting guard») sharing the backcourt with him.

While the backcourt duo of Peyton Siva and Russ Smith came to define the 2012 - 13 national champions from Louisville, it was big men Gorgui Dieng and Chane Behanan who toyed briefly with the idea of a leap to the NBA the year before.