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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 3220246, member: 250"] Okay, okay. I know a few of us could argue about tackles on a few teams. But, when you look at the role of guards on a basketball team it certainly doesn't conjure up the image of a guard. So I wonder if any of you can explain the origin of "guard" for positions suppose to be doing most of the shooting? Best I came up with: "I learned from Mike MacKay that “‘guard’ was originally used to describe the players who “guarded the basket” in transition. Very similar to the safety in football. Pete Newell was on of the first coaches in the 1950’s to have these positions inverted in transition defense. The moniker point was added when there was the one guard. Peter Newell describes this in his book. " [URL="http://www.thellabb.com/point-guard-when-was-it-coined-and-by-who/"]"Point Guard"... When Was It Coined? And, By Who? | theLLaBB[/URL] Now, Peter Newell was a great basketball mind, but that's a subject for another day. [/QUOTE]