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Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
1–Point guard. 2–Shooting guard. 3– Small forward. 4–Power forward. 5–Center. In basketball, there are five players on court per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned to positions defined by the role they play on the court, from a strategic point of view. The three main positions are guard ...
LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( / ləˈbrɒn / lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " King James ", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and is often compared to Michael Jordan in ...
High school basketball, also known as prep basketball, is the sport of basketball as played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] [3] Top high school athletes often go on to play college basketball after graduating. Some elite high school players have been drafted directly into the professional National Basketball ...
The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School , who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School. That season, Long's senior year of 1967–68, she averaged a still-standing national record 68.2 points per game.
High school. Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana) College. Ohio State (2006–2010) NBA draft. 2010: undrafted. Position. Shooting guard / small forward. Mark Titus (born June 25, 1987) is an American author, podcast host, and former walk-on basketball player at Ohio State.
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com. LaMelo LaFrance Ball ( / ləˈmɛloʊ / lə-MEH-loh; [1] born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft. Ball was voted the NBA Rookie of ...
McDonald's All-American ( 2018) South Carolina Mr. Basketball (2018) Stats at NBA.com. Stats at Basketball-Reference.com. Zion Lateef Williamson (born July 6, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the power forward position. [1]