Talk:Shooting Guard

I've done a fairly large re-write on this article and based it's new look on the point guard article. Any comments? K O S |  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

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.

The list of 2 guards who are known for attacking the rim is laughably inaccurate. Allan Houston was a pure jump shooter. Ben Gordon never goes all the way to the rim on his drives. He pulls up for floaters and jump shots well before the rim. McGrady and Carter attacked earlier in their careers, but are now constantly criticized by league analysts for being too passive. They are mostly jump shooters now. Jason Richardson is a great dunker but I would certainly not put him on this list either. He drives to the rim far less than he shoots. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irish1916 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

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)