playmaker
noun
play·mak·er
ˈplā-ˌmā-kər 
: a player who leads the offense for a team (as in basketball or hockey)
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White has since been invaluable as a do-it-all utility playmaker on both ends for a Celtics team defined by its versatility.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Our top sleeper pick for 2024-25 won 21 games last season and is scheduled to return key playmakers Hunter Sallis and Cameron Hildreth.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
Four hours ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline, the Knicks dealt four players (Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Ryan Arcidiacono and Malachi Flynn) and two second-round picks to the Detroit Pistons for vaunted bench scorer Bojan Bogdanovic and former Knicks playmaker Alec Burks.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2024
The Mavericks have Doncic and Kyrie Irving as two elite playmakers.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Our top sleeper pick for 2024-25 won 21 games last season and is scheduled to return key playmakers Hunter Sallis and Cameron Hildreth.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
Four hours ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline, the Knicks dealt four players (Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Ryan Arcidiacono and Malachi Flynn) and two second-round picks to the Detroit Pistons for vaunted bench scorer Bojan Bogdanovic and former Knicks playmaker Alec Burks.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2024
The Mavericks have Doncic and Kyrie Irving as two elite playmakers.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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“Playmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playmaker. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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