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Michael Jordan, a well known shooting guard in the NBA.  The
shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is
one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. A
shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his
team.[1] Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the
ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo
guards. Kobe Bryant, for example, is a shooting guard who is as
good a playmaker as he is a scorer; other examples of combo
guards are Jamal Crawford, Allen Iverson, Randy Foye, Dwyane
Wade, Gilbert Arenas, Tyreke Evans, and Jason Terry. A player
who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward
is known as a swingman. Notable swing men (also known as wing
players) include Gordon Hayward, Andre Iguodala, Paul Pierce,
Evan Turner, Rudy Gay, Stephen Jackson and Tracy McGrady. In the
NBA, shooting guards usually range from 6' 3