Shooting guard, a basketball position
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. A shooting guard’s main objective is to score points for his team. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. Kobe Bryant, for example, is a shooting guard who is as good a playmaker as he is a scorer; other examples of combo guards…