playmaker

noun

play·mak·er ˈplā-ˌmā-kər

: a player who leads the offense for a team (as in basketball or hockey)

playmaking

ˈplā-ˌmā-kiŋ

noun or adjective

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What this means is that whoever is the main playmaker on the team playing the Jazz has an excellent opportunity to rack up a bunch of assists. —

Matt Modi, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Neither immediately opened, yet the play was anything but over; Jackson, one of the league’s most elusive playmakers, has slipped a defense’s apparent straitjacket many times before on the way to becoming the NFL’s two-time Most Valuable Player. —

Andrew Greif, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024 Baker is an athletic, instinctive and versatile playmaker who can wreck a game if he’s not properly accounted for. —

Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024 General manager Joe Douglas signed former Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams to go alongside Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall as playmakers for Rodgers. —

Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for playmaker