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Jaelyn Brown
Jaelyn Brown (born October 12, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. Afterwards, she played overseas for teams in France, Sweden, Hungary, Turkey, Mexico and Israel before joining the Wings in 2024. Early life Brown was born on October 12, 1998, in Murrieta, California. She was born with two club feet and was in a cast for six months, but was able to walk normally by 10 months of age. She played basketball starting at a young age. At age 13, she played for the U15 squad of the club Cal Sparks and helped them reach the semifinals of the Fila Nationals tournament. She then moved up to the U17 team and helped them compile a record of 44–1 with a ranking of second in the nation. Brown attended Vista Murrieta High School and had 24 points, 11 rebounds, six steals and three assists in her debut on the varsity as a freshman. She then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from to while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between and . Characteristics and styles of play ''The Basketball Handbook'' by Lee Rose describes a shooting guard as a player whose primary role is to score points. As the name suggests, most shooting guards are good long-range shooters, typically averaging 35–40 percent from three-point range. Many shooting guards are also strong and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball-Reference
Sports Reference, LLC, is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro-Football-Reference.com for American football, and FBref.com for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for Olympic Games and its competitors. Description The site also includes sections on college football, college basketball and the Olympics. The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data. For example, Baseball-Reference contains more than 100,000 box scores and Pro-Football-Reference contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since . The company, which is based in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
