Shooting Guard (SG)

The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,^[1] is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard’s main objective is to score points for his team and steal the ball on defense.^[1] 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 6′ 3″ (1.91 m) to 6′ 7″ (2.01 m) and 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) to 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) in the WNBA.