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Flinder Boyd
Flinder Boyd (born 12 February 1980) is a retired British basketball player born in California to British parents. College career Boyd played college basketball at Dartmouth College scoring 1026 points and recording 585 assists over his four-year career. He holds both the Dartmouth single game (16) and career assist records. Professional career Boyd started his professional career in France in the Ligue Nationale de Basket where he played for STB Le Havre, ALM Évreux Basket, FC Mulhouse Basket and Hermine de Nantes Atlantique. He would then move to CI Rosalía de Castro of Spain for a two-year spell before moving to Britain to play for British Basketball League teams Leicester Riders and the Newcastle Eagles. In 2010 Boyd returned to Spain to play for Ourense. During the 2010–11 season he played with BC Prievidza in Slovakia and AEK Athens BC AEK Basketball Club ( el, ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ''Athlitikí Énos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Above all, the point guard must understand and accept their coach's game plan; in this way, the position can be compared to a quarterback in American football. They must also be able to adapt to what the defense is allowing and must control the pace of the game. A point guard specializes in certain skills, like other player positions in basketball. Their primary job is to facilitate scoring opportunities for their team, or sometimes for themselves. Lee Rose (basketball), Lee Rose has described a point guard as a coach on the floor, who can handle and distribute the ball to teammates. This typically involves setting up plays on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
