text: In sports, a Swingman is an athlete capable of playing multiple positions in their respective game.

text: In

text: sports

text: Swingman

text: is

text: an

text: athlete

text: capable

text: of

text: playing

text: multiple

text: positions

text: in

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text: respective

text: game

text: The Seattle SuperSonics, commonly known as the Sonics, were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington. The SuperSonics played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions from 1967 until 2008. After the 200708 season ended, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and now plays as the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Sonics

text: were

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Seattle

text: Washington

text: The

text: SuperSonics

text: played

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: league

text: 's

text: Western

text: Conference

text: Pacific

text: and

text: Northwest

text: divisions

text: from

text: until

text: After

text: the

text: season

text: ended

text: the

text: team

text: relocated

text: to

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: Oklahoma

text: and

text: now

text: plays

text: as

text: the

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: Thunder

text: The Cleveland Cavaliers, also known as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play in 1970. Since 1994, the team has played its home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which is shared with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League.

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text: Cavaliers

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text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Cavs

text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Cleveland

text: Ohio

text: The

text: Cavs

text: compete

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: as

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: league

text: 's

text: Eastern

text: Conference

text: Central

text: Division

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text: team

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text: play

text: in

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text: team

text: has

text: played

text: its

text: home

text: games

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text: Quicken

text: Loans

text: Arena

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text: is

text: shared

text: with

text: the

text: Cleveland

text: Gladiators

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text: the

text: Arena

text: Football

text: League

text: and

text: the

text: Cleveland

text: Monsters

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text: American

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text: The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team. 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, as a shooting guard was as good a playmaker as he was a scorer; other examples of combo guards are Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, James Harden, Jamal Crawford, Randy Foye 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 Jimmy Butler, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Wiggins, Evan Turner and Tyreke Evans. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from 6' 4" (1.93 m) to 6' 7" (2.01 m).

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text: two

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text: guard

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text: five

text: positions

text: in

text: regulation

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text: game

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text: main

text: objective

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text: to

text: score

text: points

text: for

text: his

text: team

text: Some

text: teams

text: ask

text: their

text: shooting

text: guards

text: to

text: bring

text: up

text: the

text: ball

text: as

text: well

text: these

text: players

text: are

text: known

text: colloquially

text: as

text: combo

text: guards

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text: Bryant

text: for

text: example

text: as

text: shooting

text: guard

text: was

text: as

text: good

text: playmaker

text: as

text: he

text: was

text: scorer

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text: examples

text: of

text: combo

text: guards

text: are

text: Dwyane

text: Wade

text: Allen

text: Iverson

text: James

text: Harden

text: Jamal

text: Crawford

text: Randy

text: Foye

text: and

text: Jason

text: Terry

text: player

text: who

text: can

text: switch

text: between

text: playing

text: shooting

text: guard

text: and

text: small

text: forward

text: is

text: known

text: as

text: swingman

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text: also

text: known

text: as

text: wing

text: players

text: include

text: Jimmy

text: Butler

text: Tracy

text: McGrady

text: Vince

text: Carter

text: Joe

text: Johnson

text: Andre

text: Iguodala

text: Andrew

text: Wiggins

text: Evan

text: Turner

text: and

text: Tyreke

text: Evans

text: In

text: the

text: NBA

text: shooting

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text: usually

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text: Richard J. `` Dick '' Snyder ( born February 1 , 1944 ) is an American former National Basketball Association ( NBA ) player for the St. Louis Hawks , Phoenix Suns , Seattle SuperSonics , and Cleveland Cavaliers . Snyder attended college at Davidson College , and was drafted by the Hawks in the second round of the 1966 NBA Draft . A solid shooting guard , Snyder achieved his greatest basketball successes with the SuperSonics franchise . During the early 1970s , Snyder was often among the league leaders in field goal percentage . Perhaps his best season statistically was the 1970 - 71 season when he averaged 19.4 points per game and was fifth in the league in both field goal and free throw percentage . Traded to Cleveland after the 1974 season , Snyder returned to the SuperSonics in his final season in 1978 - 79 where he earned an NBA championship ring . In 2011 , Snyder was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame .

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text: an

text: American

text: former

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: St.

text: Louis

text: Hawks

text: Phoenix

text: Suns

text: Seattle

text: SuperSonics

text: and

text: Cleveland

text: Cavaliers

text: Snyder

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text: at

text: Davidson

text: College

text: and

text: was

text: drafted

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text: the

text: Hawks

text: in

text: the

text: second

text: round

text: of

text: the

text: NBA

text: Draft

text: solid

text: shooting

text: guard

text: Snyder

text: achieved

text: his

text: greatest

text: basketball

text: successes

text: with

text: the

text: SuperSonics

text: franchise

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text: the

text: early

text: Snyder

text: was

text: often

text: among

text: the

text: league

text: leaders

text: in

text: field

text: goal

text: percentage

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text: his

text: best

text: season

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text: season

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text: averaged

text: points

text: per

text: game

text: and

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text: in

text: the

text: league

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text: season

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text: SuperSonics

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text: NBA

text: championship

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text: inducted

text: into

text: the

text: Ohio

text: Basketball

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text: Fame

text: Downtown Phoenix is the central business district (CBD) of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics, justice and government on the local, state and federal levels. The area is a major center of employment for the region, with many financial, legal, and other national and international corporations housed in a variety of skyscrapers. Major arts and cultural institutions also call the area home. Downtown Phoenix is a center of major league sports activities, live concert events, and is an equally prominent center of banking and finance in Arizona. Regional headquarters for several major banks, including JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, US Bank, Bank of America, Compass Bank and Midfirst Bank are all located within or close proximity to the area.

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text: central

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text: the

text: City

text: of

text: Phoenix

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text: States

text: It

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: heart

text: of

text: the

text: Phoenix

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: or

text: Valley

text: of

text: the

text: Sun

text: Phoenix

text: being

text: the

text: county

text: seat

text: of

text: Maricopa

text: County

text: and

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: Arizona

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text: as

text: the

text: center

text: of

text: politics

text: justice

text: and

text: government

text: on

text: the

text: local

text: state

text: and

text: federal

text: levels

text: The

text: area

text: is

text: major

text: center

text: of

text: employment

text: for

text: the

text: region

text: with

text: many

text: financial

text: legal

text: and

text: other

text: national

text: and

text: international

text: corporations

text: housed

text: in

text: variety

text: of

text: skyscrapers

text: Major

text: arts

text: and

text: cultural

text: institutions

text: also

text: call

text: the

text: area

text: home

text: Downtown

text: Phoenix

text: is

text: center

text: of

text: major

text: league

text: sports

text: activities

text: live

text: concert

text: events

text: and

text: is

text: an

text: equally

text: prominent

text: center

text: of

text: banking

text: and

text: finance

text: in

text: Arizona

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text: headquarters

text: for

text: several

text: major

text: banks

text: including

text: JP

text: Morgan

text: Chase

text: Wells

text: Fargo

text: US

text: Bank

text: Bank

text: of

text: America

text: Compass

text: Bank

text: and

text: Midfirst

text: Bank

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text: located

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text: or

text: close

text: proximity

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text: area

text: The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the Brooklyn Nets. The team, established by Ned Irish in 1946, was one of the founding members of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which became the NBA after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL) in 1949. Along with the Boston Celtics, the Knicks are one of only two original NBA teams still located in its original city.

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text: New

text: York

text: Knickerbockers

text: commonly

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: the

text: Knicks

text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: The

text: Knicks

text: compete

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Division

text: of

text: the

text: Eastern

text: Conference

text: The

text: team

text: plays

text: its

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: Madison

text: Square

text: Garden

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: borough

text: of

text: Manhattan

text: They

text: are

text: one

text: of

text: two

text: NBA

text: teams

text: located

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: the

text: other

text: is

text: the

text: Brooklyn

text: Nets

text: The

text: team

text: established

text: by

text: Ned

text: Irish

text: in

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: founding

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: of

text: America

text: BAA

text: which

text: became

text: the

text: NBA

text: after

text: merging

text: with

text: the

text: rival

text: National

text: Basketball

text: League

text: NBL

text: in

text: Along

text: with

text: the

text: Boston

text: Celtics

text: the

text: Knicks

text: are

text: one

text: of

text: only

text: two

text: original

text: NBA

text: teams

text: still

text: located

text: in

text: its

text: original

text: city

text: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the predominant men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.

text: The

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: is

text: the

text: predominant

text: men

text: 's

text: professional

text: basketball

text: league

text: in

text: North

text: America

text: and

text: is

text: widely

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: premier

text: men

text: 's

text: professional

text: basketball

text: league

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: It

text: has

text: teams

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: in

text: Canada

text: and

text: is

text: an

text: active

text: member

text: of

text: USA

text: Basketball

text: USAB

text: which

text: is

text: recognized

text: by

text: FIBA

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: International

text: Basketball

text: Federation

text: as

text: the

text: national

text: governing

text: body

text: for

text: basketball

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: NBA

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: four

text: major

text: professional

text: sports

text: leagues

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: NBA

text: players

text: are

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: best

text: paid

text: sportsmen

text: by

text: average

text: annual

text: salary

text: per

text: player

text: Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played collegiately at Villanova University. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, but was immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he began his career.

text: Randy

text: Foye

text: born

text: September

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Brooklyn

text: Nets

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: played

text: collegiately

text: at

text: Villanova

text: University

text: He

text: was

text: selected

text: seventh

text: overall

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: by

text: the

text: Boston

text: Celtics

text: but

text: was

text: immediately

text: traded

text: to

text: the

text: Portland

text: Trail

text: Blazers

text: and

text: later

text: traded

text: to

text: the

text: Minnesota

text: Timberwolves

text: where

text: he

text: began

text: his

text: career

text: Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is tall and plays both shooting guard and small forward.

text: Vincent

text: Lamar

text: Vince

text: Carter

text: born

text: January

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Memphis

text: Grizzlies

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: is

text: tall

text: and

text: plays

text: both

text: shooting

text: guard

text: and

text: small

text: forward

text: Arizona (O'odham: "Al onak" [ai onak]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.

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text: onak

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text: southwestern

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Western

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: the

text: Mountain

text: West

text: states

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: sixth

text: largest

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: of

text: the

text: states

text: Its

text: capital

text: and

text: largest

text: city

text: is

text: Phoenix

text: Arizona

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: Four

text: Corners

text: states

text: It

text: has

text: borders

text: with

text: New

text: Mexico

text: Utah

text: Nevada

text: California

text: and

text: Mexico

text: and

text: one

text: point

text: in

text: common

text: with

text: the

text: southwestern

text: corner

text: of

text: Colorado

text: Arizona

text: 's

text: border

text: with

text: Mexico

text: is

text: miles

text: km

text: long

text: on

text: the

text: northern

text: border

text: of

text: the

text: Mexican

text: states

text: of

text: Sonora

text: and

text: Baja

text: California

text: Tyreke Jamir Evans (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Memphis and was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 4th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. Evans was the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year winner and was traded to New Orleans in 2013.

text: Tyreke

text: Jamir

text: Evans

text: born

text: September

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: New

text: Orleans

text: Pelicans

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: played

text: college

text: basketball

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Memphis

text: and

text: was

text: selected

text: by

text: the

text: Sacramento

text: Kings

text: with

text: the

text: overall

text: pick

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: Evans

text: was

text: the

text: NBA

text: Rookie

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: winner

text: and

text: was

text: traded

text: to

text: New

text: Orleans

text: in

text: James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals.

text: James

text: Edward

text: Harden

text: Jr.

text: born

text: August

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Houston

text: Rockets

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: Harden

text: played

text: college

text: basketball

text: for

text: Arizona

text: State

text: where

text: he

text: was

text: named

text: consensus

text: All

text: American

text: and

text: Player

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: in

text: Harden

text: was

text: selected

text: with

text: the

text: third

text: overall

text: pick

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: by

text: the

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: Thunder

text: In

text: he

text: was

text: named

text: NBA

text: Sixth

text: Man

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: with

text: the

text: Thunder

text: and

text: helped

text: the

text: team

text: reach

text: the

text: NBA

text: Finals

text: Evan Marcel Turner (born October 27, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft and played for them until he was traded in February 2014 to the Indiana Pacers. Turner plays the point guard, shooting guard and small forward positions.

text: Evan

text: Marcel

text: Turner

text: born

text: October

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Portland

text: Trail

text: Blazers

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: was

text: drafted

text: second

text: overall

text: by

text: the

text: Philadelphia

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: and

text: played

text: for

text: them

text: until

text: he

text: was

text: traded

text: in

text: February

text: to

text: the

text: Indiana

text: Pacers

text: Turner

text: plays

text: the

text: point

text: guard

text: shooting

text: guard

text: and

text: small

text: forward

text: positions

text: USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee. Its chairman of the board is Jerry Colangelo and its executive director is Jim Tooley.

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text: Basketball

text: USAB

text: is

text: non

text: profit

text: organization

text: and

text: the

text: governing

text: body

text: for

text: basketball

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: organization

text: represents

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: in

text: FIBA

text: and

text: the

text: men

text: 's

text: and

text: women

text: 's

text: national

text: basketball

text: teams

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Olympic

text: Committee

text: Its

text: chairman

text: of

text: the

text: board

text: is

text: Jerry

text: Colangelo

text: and

text: its

text: executive

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text: Andre Tyler Iguodala (born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Iguodala won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015, when he was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times.

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text: The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division, and are the only team in their division not to be based in California. Since 1992, the Suns have played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix.

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text: Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001.

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text: Talking Stick Resort Arena is a sports and entertainment arena in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It opened on June 6, 1992, at a construction cost of $89 million. It was known as America West Arena from 1992 to 2006 and as US Airways Center from 2006 to 2015.

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text: Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays at both guard positions and is nicknamed "The Jet". Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award in 2009 and an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Terry has made the third-most three-point field goals in NBA history.

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text: The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 201011 season, every team in the league has an affiliation agreement with an NHL team; before then, one or two NHL teams would not have an AHL affiliate and so assigned players to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL teams. Twenty-seven AHL teams are located in the United States and the remaining three are in Canada. The league offices are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and its current president is David Andrews.

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text: Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player and businessman. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He holds the NBA record for the most seasons playing with one franchise for an entire career.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Thunder competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Thunder's NBA Development League affiliate is the Oklahoma City Blue, which it owns. The Thunder is the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the state of Oklahoma.

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text: Aaron Jamal Crawford (born March 20, 1980) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Crawford played his high school basketball for Rainier Beach High School, a basketball powerhouse in Seattle, before committing to play for the University of Michigan. Crawford was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers but was traded on draft day to the Chicago Bulls. In his career, he has also played for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers. He won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2010, 2014 and 2016, becoming the first three-time winner of the award in NBA history. He currently holds the record for most career four-point plays made with 48 (53 when counting the playoffs).

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text: The history of basketball is traced back to a YMCA International Training School, known today as Springfield College, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The sport was created by a physical education teacher named James Naismith, who in the winter of 1891 was given the task of creating a game that would keep track athletes in shape and that would prevent them from getting hurt a lot. The date of the first formal basketball game played at the Springfield YMCA Training School under Naismith's rules is generally given as December 21, 1891. Basketball began to spread to college campuses by 1893.

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text: The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor American football league in the United States. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL). The AFL plays a proprietary code known as arena football, a form of indoor American football played on a 66-by-28 yard field (about a quarter of the surface area of an NFL field), with rules encouraging offensive performance, resulting in a faster-paced and higher-scoring game. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League (USFL) and the NFL.

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text: The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s. They are known for having one of the NBA's greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history.

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text: The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team plays its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills and was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne (Zollner) Pistons in 1941, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL). The Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. In 1949, the NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. Since moving to Detroit in 1957, the Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1989, 1990 and 2004.

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text: The small forward (SF), also known as the three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall. The small forward position is considered to be perhaps the most versatile of the five main basketball positions. In the NBA, small forwards usually range from 6' 6" (1.98 m) to 6' 9" (2.06 m). The ideal position for a small forward would be between the key and three-point line.

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text: Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.

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text: Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr. (born May 24, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a seven-time NBA All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, and a two-time NBA scoring champion (2003 and 2004). McGrady played as a swingman.

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text: Abergele is a community and small market town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast and is known for its beach, where it is claimed by some that a ghost ship has been sighted. Abergele and Pensarn railway station serves both resorts. Abergele is often overlooked due to the popularity of nearby Rhyl, Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Conwy.

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Rhyl is a seaside resort town and community in the historic county of Denbighshire, situated on the north east coast of Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: "Afon Clwyd"). To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south. At the 2011 Census, Rhyl had a population of 25,149.
The conurbation of Abergele-Rhyl-Prestatyn has a population of over 60,000, with Rhyl-Kinmel Bay having 31,229 people.

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text: the

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text: resort

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text: Census

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text: The River Clwyd (Welsh: "Afon Clwyd") is a river in Wales that rises in the Clocaenog Forest northwest of Corwen.

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text: Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.

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text: over

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text: north

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text: central

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text: Gareth Coppack ( born 10 April 1980 in Rhyl ) is a Welsh former professional snooker player . He competed on the main tour for one season , between 2007 and 2008 , but lost his place at the end of that season .

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text: main

text: tour

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text: place

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text: end

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text: Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the longest known inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd (Bontnewydd-Llanelwy) Palaeolithic site has Neanderthal remains from 225,000 years ago. There are several castles in the region: Denbigh Castle, Rhuddlan Castle, Ruthin Castle, Castell Dinas Bran and Bodelwyddan Castle. One of Britain's smallest cathedrals is at St Asaph, itself one of the smallest cities.

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text: Rhuddlan (approximately "RHITH-lan") is a town, community and electoral ward in the county of Denbighshire within the historic boundaries of Flintshire, on the north coast of Wales. It is situated to the south of the coastal town of Rhyl and overlooks the River Clwyd. The town gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996. At the 2001 Census, the population was 4,296, decreasing to 3,709 at the 2011 census.

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text: Kinmel Bay is in Conwy County Borough, north-east Wales . The town of Rhyl, lies just across the River Clwyd in the neighbouring county of Denbighshire.

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text: Prestatyn is a seaside resort, town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhuddlan. At the 2001 Census, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496, increasing to 18,849 at the 2011 census.

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text: Sea

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text: the

text: east

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text: Census

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text: had

text: population

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text: census

text: Towyn, is a seaside resort in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales.

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text:
Martin Luther (10 November 1483  18 February 1546), O.S.A., was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his "Ninety-five Theses" of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor.

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text: practice

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text: demand

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text: the

text: Holy

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text: Emperor

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text: Diet

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text: The Protestant Reformation, often referred to simply as the Reformation (from Latin "reformatio", "restoration, renewal"), was a schism from the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Martin Luther and continued by John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, and other early Protestant Reformers in 16th century Europe. Timing most commonly used for this period is from 1517 (the Ninety-five Theses are published by Martin Luther) to 1648 (Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War).

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text: Caspar Creuziger or Caspar Cruciger the Elder ( 1 January 1504 - 16 November 1548 ) was a German humanist . He was professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg , preacher at the Castle Church ( Wittenberg , Germany ) , secretary to and worked with Martin Luther to revise Luther 's German Bible translation . In 1524 he married the former nun Elisabeth von Meseritz - they had one daughter ( Elisabeth , who married rector Kegel and then , on his death , Luther 's son Hans in Eisleben ) and one son ( Caspar Cruciger the Younger ) .

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question: languages_spoken_or_written caspar creuziger

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