Sentences with phrase «of swingman»

To beat the Spurs, Detroit has to prepare for the headlong assaults of swingman Manu Ginobili.

The Hogs went 19 - 14 in 1986 - 87 despite the drug problems of swingman William Mills, a hellacious schedule and the death from leukemia of coach Nolan Richardson's daughter Yvonne.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, DonnNelson, president of basketball operations and general manager, has reworkedthe end of the rotation, adding free - agent swingman Devean George, who earnedthree rings as a Los Angeles Laker; bringing defensive - minded guard GregBuckner back to Dallas as a free agent; and trading for 6» 10» forwardAustin Croshere, who can hit the boards and three - point shots, from thePacers.

Consider: Deadeye guard John Jenkins (from Hendersonville, Tenn.), an SEC player of the year favorite, often overhears the French Skype conversations of his roommate, backup center Steve Tchiengang (Douala, Cameroon), who loves playing FIFA on his Xbox against quadrilingual swingman and NBA prospect Jeff Taylor (Norrk √ ∂ ping, Sweden), who rooms near forward and erstwhile U.S. Open ball boy Lance Goulbourne (Brooklyn), who was raised 2,440 miles away from another suitemate, point guard Brad Tinsley (Oregon City, Ore.).

Most of Turk's stars, like Randolph Keys (see box), live reasonably near the campus, but coach Turk did spirit away «Ville - killer John White, a 6» 7» swingman, from under the Cards» nose.

(Forward Alex Jensen, the team's second - leading board man in 1994 - 95, is serving an 18 - month Mormon mission in England and will return to the program next fall; swingman Brandon Jessie, who hauled in 5.2 rebounds a game last season, was drafted by the Connecticut Pride of the CBA in June.)

«He's a poor man's Sean Elliott,» says Utah assistant coach Donny Daniels of 6» 8» swingman Ashante Johnson.

Through most of this season Ricky Davis appeared to be sliding into obscurity: He was an oft - injured 6» 7» swingman with a career scoring average of 4.6 points, playing for his third team in four years.

With Seattle clinging to an 88 - 85 lead in the final two minutes of a recent game at Indiana, Payton threaded a pass to Desmond Mason under the basket, only to see the second - year swingman fumble the ball out - of - bounds.

The Cougars» two Top 25 victims, ironically, have recruited away top Houston talent (Arizona landed swingman Jawann McClellan, and LSU snatched guard Tack Minor), while the U of H has of late been largely ignored by local stars.

... One key to the stellar play of Hornets center Vlade Divac (12.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game through Sunday): He gave up his habit of 10 to 15 cigarettes a day... After being traded twice in three days last month — from the Mavericks to the Nets to the Lakers — swingman George McCloud made only nine field goals in his first nine games with L.A. Twice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch Richmond.

On Mutombo's first day of practice with the 76ers, swingman Aaron McKie broke the ice with a parody of the big man's voice.

It also had a top - 50 recruit in Arizona - bound swingman Brandon Randolph and also wing Cameron Reddish, a top - five recruit in the class of 2018.

The same consistency issues could be said for the Raptors, who have leaned upon heavy doses of DeMar DeRozan in the last two outings but have struggled to free point guard Kyle Lowry or get second - year swingman Terrence Ross off the ground.

Before the teams» first meeting this season, someone told Bobcats swingman Sanjay Adell that Thundering Herd assistant coach Jeff Boals had made disparaging comments about him on the eve of the game.

When forward Carlos Boozer broke his foot late that season, Coach K rejiggered his lineup, forcing senior swingman Nate James to the bench in favor of a quicker freshman guard, Chris Duhon.

As if this veritable Edinburgh Festival of NBA culture weren't enough, we can also look forward to albums from Lakers swingman Kobe Bryant, Milwaukee Bucks forward Tyrone Hill and Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber, who has also acted on Fox's New York Undercover, which is not to be confused with HBO's Oz, on which Lakers forward Rick Fox has supplemented his own NBA paycheck.

«The Nets outlet to midcourt, run off of rebounds and baskets and get their big men on the break,» marveled Buck swingman Junior Bridgeman.

By signing swingman Rick Fox, late of the Boston Celtics, to a one - year, $ 1 million contract last week, the Los Angeles Lakers assured themselves of having someone in the lineup who can act.

Golden State also has its full taxpayer's mid-level exception of $ 5.192 million, an amount the team is rumored to be interested in using on swingman Nick Young.

I never liked the idea of him being a tradition so point and wanted to see him as a 2/3 swingman with his length.

If the Magic believe Nicholson and Vucevic can be a frontcourt foundation, with Harkless and Harris capable of being smallball or stretch 4s, the need becomes apparent for a swingman, preferably a three - point shooter.

Toronto swingman Vince Carter has been every bit as explosive as the Raptors had hoped; Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce has performed at a level higher than expected of the No. 10 pick; Vancouver Grizzlies point guard Mike Bibby ranks among the league's assist leaders; and 6» 11» Raef LaFrentz of the Denver Nuggets has already dropped a couple of double - doubles.

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Valparaiso's Joe Burton knows he and his family members were among the fortunate people.The 6 - foot - 6 junior swingman, a Houston - area native, is beyond thankful he can offer a degree of levity within the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.Burton, who...