Sentences with word «swingman»

Stacey is just the kind of oddly shaped, maddeningly effective talent you'll find in the MAC, a 6» 4» senior swingman with a Barkley-esque body and a buff outside shot.

Harkless is a young swingman with promise who averaged 8.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game as a rookie last season.

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.

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.

Chino Hills and star junior swingman Lonzo Ball would not go quietly.

Mikal Bridges and the Villanova road to the NBA Bob Ford - Philly The Villanova star swingman will be a lottery pick in the NBA draft.

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.

Adidas and the NBA have been debuting several commercials promoting the new NBA Swingman jersey.

The Golden State Warriors and free agent swingman Nick Young have agreed to a one - year deal worth $ 5.2 million, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Pinson is the glue guy for UNC, an athletic swingman who can handle the ball, lockdown on defense and finish at the rim.

Many fans may not be familiar with the name, but Hezonja is a 6» 8 ″ swingman who averaged 5.9 points / game (in just 15 minutes per game) for FC Barcelona last season.

(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.)

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.

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.

If you recall not only how promising swingman Kevin Parrom looked in 2010 — 11, when Arizona went 30 — 8 and reached the Elite Eight, but also the cruel tragedies and injuries that spoiled his following season, you like Arizona because Parrom can finally say, «I'm getting back to my normal self.»

On the Spurs, who have added center Rasho Nesterovic, forward Robert Horry, and swingmen Hedo Turkoglu and Ron Mercer:

Senior swingman Justin Johnson leads a very balanced roster that is underrated defensively.

Swingman James Jones, who at week's end led the NBA in three - point shooting (53.2 %), was with Indiana when the Pacers won 61 games and with Phoenix when the Suns won 115 games over two seasons.

«It's not that we wrote [the year] off, not by any means,» says swingman Martell Webster.

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.

Next came 6» 8» center Caio daSilveira and 6» 7» swingman Sergio Gomes, who are now juniors at Seattle Pacific College.

But Duke cleverly dropped back defensive swingman Jack Mullen to clog the middle, and shut off Chappell with five points in the second half.

Swingman extraordinaire Alan Tucci was the League's Leading scorer in Week 1 with his 32 points.

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

Is he a point guard, a shooting guard (his career - best 42.5 % from the field limits him as a perimeter threat) or a potential swingman?

Utah Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward and Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott are impressing the coaching staff at USA Basketball minicamp in Las Vegas.

Rudy Fernandez, G, 6» 5», Spain, 19 Europe's top swingman prospect is comfortable filling lane or leading break.

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.

«It takes a great coach to get players from different parts of the world to buy into one plan and play together,» says sophomore swingman Carl English (14.2 points a game), who grew up playing in the Newfoundland village of Patrick's Cove (pop.

Muhammad, a 6 ft. 6 swingman out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, has been practicing with the team all season, but missed the first two games, both Bruins wins, as UCLA is ranked No. 13 in the nation.

On Jan. 15 at Villanova, senior swingman Darrel Owens hit two free throws with 0.1 on the clock to give Georgetown a 66 — 64 win.

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.

Two winters ago the intercontinental odyssey of Rockets rookie swingman Oscar Torres hit a roadblock.

«People are going to say, «Let's see if he can win a championship without Michael,»» says Houston swingman Eddie Johnson.

The Portland swingman (right), another dunk hopeful, sings a bilingual ballad imploring fans to «vote for me, vótame,» while strumming nonsensically on a acoustic guitar.

«ñ † It's an understatement to say Jackie Christie, wife of Orlando Magic swingman Doug Christie, stands by her man: She travels on the team charter to most of his road games, and they communicate by hand signals during games.

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

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.

The Toronto Raptors swingman had been looking forward to this for years, forcing himself to watch postseason basketball on TV when he'd rather not.

Most, including us here at SB Nation, ridiculed the Pacers for procuring a journeyman swingman and an uninspiring, yet young big man for a multi-time All - Star.

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.

McAlarney and senior swingman RyanAyers, who made 45.1 % of his treys, keep defenses from collapsing in the poston Harangody.

Jackson fouled Quincy Pondexter on a three - point heave that would've tied it, but the Memphis swingman missed the first free throw.

Candidates for the Cavaliers» No. 19 pick include Russian small forward Sergey Karasev (scouting report), Greek swingman Giannis Adetokunbo (scouting report) and North Carolina wing Reggie Bullock (scouting report).

Swingman Rodney Hood returned from a back injury but played only 18 minutes before being shut down.