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Juan Gómez De Liaño
Juan Gerardo Sison Gómez de Liaño (born November 19, 1999), also known as Juan GDL, is a Filipino professional basketball player for Seoul SK Knights of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Gómez de Liaño played for the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons of the UAAP during his collegiate career.He plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) Early life Juan was born on November 19, 1999, in Mandaluyong, Philippines. He is the third of six siblings, five of them are into basketball. His older brother, Javi, plays for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association, while his older brother, Joe, was drafted 59th overall by the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters during the PBA Season 48 draft. Collegiate career UAAP Season 80 (2017) Gómez de Liaño's rookie season was in 2017 in which he won Rookie of the Year, a year after getting the Most Valuable Player award at the junior level. He also got the MV ... [...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] |
