Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An informal practice session or warm-up, especially one in which players take shots from various positions around the key before a game.
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- noun basketball An
informal practice session
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Examples
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The Magic were forced to move their morning shootaround from the Wachovia Center to the Community College of Philadelphia because of Wing Bowl, an annual chicken wing-eating contest, which drew more than 20,000 spectators. ...
USATODAY.com 2007
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Iverson said he was told not to participate in shootaround and instead watched from the sideline.
USATODAY.com - Basketball - Washington vs. Philadelphia 2006
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Johnson, who got the news on the team bus heading to Wednesday morning's shootaround, is Atlanta's first All-Star since Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 2002.
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"I noticed in shootaround before Game 7 that he was more confident, he was directing plays and it just carried into the game and carried into now," Sixers general manager Billy King said.
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When asked if he imparted these thoughts during the shootaround, which is N.B.A. parlance for the light practice before a game, Saunders noted that they had held a
NYT > Home Page 2010
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When asked if he imparted these thoughts during the shootaround, which is N.B.A. parlance for the light practice before a game, Saunders noted that they had held a
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Bibby may have offered a clue about his plans when a Wizards staffer attempted to get him to take a headshot photograph before shootaround.
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Ken Berger reports that Richard Hamilton and Chris Wilcox have been fined for missing shootaround without an excuse, but the Pistons are not planning a coaching change in the wake of the perceived mutiny against John Kuester CBSSports.com.
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They will have their first shootaround with the team on Monday and the Wizards won't be able to practice with all of the new pieces until Tuesday.
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At the morning shootaround, Coach Flip Saunders wasn't sure about Bibby's availability for Monday's game against the Chicago Bulls.
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