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unusual facts about point guard



Arthur Hill High School

NBA player Jason Richardson of the Philadelphia 76ers, winner of two NBA Slam Dunk titles, is an alumnus of Arthur Hill, as is former Drake University point guard Adam Emmenecker, who went from three-year walk-on to Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in his final season in 2008.

Bubba Wells

His NBA career came to an abrupt end in 1998, after he was traded to the Phoenix Suns along with Martin Müürsepp, the draft rights to Pat Garrity, and a future first-round draft pick in exchange for point guard Steve Nash.

C. J. Henry

He was also heavily recruited as a point guard and committed to play for the Kansas Jayhawks team on May 19, 2005, choosing the Jayhawks over North Carolina and Texas.

John Lucas III

Lucas was the starting point guard on the same high school team (Bellaire High School) in Texas as future NBA players Emeka Okafor and Lawrence Roberts.

Kendall Webb

Kendall Myles Webb (born September 24, 1984 in Amarillo, Texas) was an All-American point guard for Wayland Baptist University who went on to play professionally for the Bergheim Bandits of Germany.

Kevin Grady

Kevin's brother, Kelvin Grady, was a point guard on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team before transferring to the Michigan football team after the 2008–09 season.

Michelle Marciniak

Michelle Marciniak (born October 29, 1973 in Macungie, Pennsylvania) is a former All American collegiate and professional basketball player who played point guard in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Phil Smyth

Phil Smyth, an Adelaide junior, was already seen as one of Australia's best point guard's when the National Basketball League first started in 1979, yet it took him until 1982 to actually play in the league, despite having represented Australia at the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Shaun McDonald

McDonald has two cousins in professional sports - former NBA point guard Mike Bibby and Nottingham Forest forward Robbie Findley.

Tanya Bröring

Tanya Bröring (born in Leiden, 25 December 1984) is a Dutch basketball point guard, currently playing for Toyota Recreativo Conquero in the Spanish Women's League.


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1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team

The Crusaders, behind coach Alvin "Doggie" Julian, NCAA tournament MVP George Kaftan, star Joe Mullaney and a freshman point guard named Bob Cousy, beat Oklahoma at Madison Square Garden to win the NCAA championship.

1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

Dom Flora, a senior point guard at Washington and Lee University, finished his college career with 2,310 points and 696 free throws made, both of which were ranked fifth in their respective categories in college basketball history at the end of the 1957–58 season.

2007–08 Orlando Magic season

Point guard Jameer Nelson's father, Floyd "Pete" Nelson, disappeared on August 30, and was found dead in the Delaware River in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 2.

2008–09 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team

The Wildcats then beat the South Carolina Gamecocks in the NIT tournament before losing in the Round of 16 to Saint Mary's and their star Point Guard Patty Mills.

2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

Vanderbilt lost three starters from the previous year's team—2008 SEC-player of the year swingman Shan Foster (20.3 ppg), shooting guard Alex (Red) Gordon (10.8 ppg) and power forward Ross Neltner (8.3 ppg) – and returned two starters—sophomore center A.J. Ogilvy and junior point guard Jermaine Beal.

2011–12 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team

The Lobos lost their lone senior Dairese Gary, who was a four year starter at point guard, who averaged 14.1 points per game, 5.5 assists per game and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Andrea Nagy

She played as starting point guard for the 1995–1996 Strasbourg team in France.

Becky Hammon

After the 2003 season, Hammon took over for Weatherspoon as the Liberty's starting point guard and, with Vickie Johnson and Crystal Robinson, became one of the team's co-captains in 2004.

Carl Crawford

Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as a point guard at UCLA.

Darius Maskoliūnas

When he joined Žalgiris, he was extremely skinny point guard and due to his second name Maskoliūnas, which is a little bit similar to English word "Muscules", he got nickname of "Švarcas" (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Espiga

On the first round of the 2010 playoffs, Espiga started on all 3 games, because starting point guard Manteguinha was injured.

Giedrius

Giedrius Gustas (born 1980), Lithuanian basketball point guard and shooting guard

Hank Riebe

Riebe's brother Mel Riebe was a point guard in professional basketball in the National Basketball Association from 1944 to 1949.

Henry Bibby

His brother Jim Bibby was a professional pitcher in the MLB, and his son Mike Bibby has played as a point guard in the NBA.

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Sitting on the bench together during a game, Thomas was caught on tape by the MSG Network in a profane exchange with fellow Knick, point guard Stephon Marbury.

Jamar Davis

In a 2003 contest, Davis, playing on the East Coast Team against the AND1 team, proved himself a very useful point guard, with his array of passing and dribbling skills.

Jamon Gordon

Scout.com ranked Gordon as the 20th best point guard in the nation.

Javin Hunter

Hunter has a son, Jaden, with former Notre Dame and WNBA point guard Niele Ivey.

Jonas Villanueva

But then, he was promoted as the team's starting point guard when former no. 1 draft pick Mike Cortez fell into a season-ending injury and the team's long-time floor leader Olsen Racela's game starting to fade away.

Justin Ingram

He won the starting job at point guard and never looked back leading the Toledo Rockets to a 20 win 11 loss season.

Kendall Fletcher

She attended Apex High School in Apex, North Carolina where she played center midfield for the soccer team for four years and played two years of varsity basketball as a point guard.

LA Tenorio

The Aces have been happy with the trade as they got a pure point guard in Tenorio to make life easier for Willie Miller who could now concentrate on his scoring.

LaMarr Woodley

Woodley teamed with former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers and former Chicago Bulls point guard Anthony Roberson at Saginaw High School in 2000 to win Michigan's Division II state championship in football.

Luis Scola

In exchange, the Rockets would have received Pau Gasol, and the Lakers would have received star point guard Chris Paul.

Matt Harpring

On December 22, 2009, Harpring's contract was included in a trade between the Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder, sending Harpring and point guard Eric Maynor to the Thunder in exchange for the rights to 2002 draft pick Peter Fehse.

Nancy Lieberman Award

Bob Cousy Award – the counterpart to the Lieberman Award; given to the best men's NCAA point guard

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball

Burleson, a 7'4" native of Newland, NC, was the first major player of the Wolfpack squad that would have a combined record of 57-1 during the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons to be signed. The following spring, Sloan signed the remaining pieces of the 1974 championship nucleus, 6'4" David Thompson, 5'7" point guard Monte Towe, and 6'7" power forward Tim Stoddard.

Pepsi Max

The soft drink has also been seen in the popular "Uncle Drew" commercials, featuring Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving.

Raül López

Finally, in the 2003–04 season, totally recovered from his knee injury, he played in all of the 82 regular season games as the backup to starting point guard Carlos Arroyo, while averaging 7.0 points, 3.7 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game.

Sokk

Tiit Sokk (born 1964), Estonian professional basketball point guard

Tanel Sokk (born 1985), Estonian professional basketball point guard

Sten-Timmu Sokk (born 1989), Estonian professional basketball point guard

Waikato Pistons

The Pistons also have a new back-up point guard to play behind Jerry Smith who has been outstanding in the pre-season games by the name of Marco Alexander from Auckland.