Talk:Shooting guard

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I've done a fairly large re-write on this article and based it's new look on the point guard article. Any comments? KOS | talk 05:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

This page has improved greatly in terms of content. I feel, having read it, that I understand the essential skills of a shooting guard, as well as bonus skills, the way a shooting guard fits into a typical play, etc. Now the page needs some work on grammar and style. This sentence, for instance, is odd:

"Shooting guards can be known for excelling at certain skills that shooting guards should be able to exhibit."

Well, of course. At the very least a player should master the skill set for his or her position, no? If this sentence is meant (as I believe it is, judging from the awkward sentence fragment that immediately follows in the paragraph) to introduce a discussion of players who are particularly known for mastering the shooting guard skill set (as opposed, say, to being all-around good players who just happen to be physically suited for the shooting guard position), then I suggest changing the sentence to say just that: "Certain shooting guards are particularly known for mastering the shooting guard skill set (as opposed, say to being all-around good players who just happen to be physically suited for the shooting guard position)". Then I would begin the next sentence with the words, "Such shooting guards include . . ." The phrase "such as", which starts the sentence at present, is appropriate to a subordinate clause, not a full sentence. TheShyUnique

[edit] Allen Iverson

Should a.i. be on the list of notable shooting guards? He listed as a pg, but he more of a shooting guard.Doorknob123 01:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC) Of course he should. He's a combo guard.

being able to dunk in an athletic high flying manner such as Michael Jordan or being able to throw it down with reasonable strength such as Jason Richardson. same thing?

Sasha Vujacic.... Should this guy be listed among the rest? I think not. Please remove him from the list.

[edit] Famous Shooting guards

Even though there is a separate list of all shooting guards linked to on this page, there also should be a simple list of famous shooting guards actually written here on the page, similar to how the Small forward page does it.Mmortal03 (talk) 03:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)