What does a guard in basketball do?

Answer 1

A guard helps dribble the ball down the court and depending on what kind of guard they are depends on what else they do.A shooting guard shoots like 3 and othere out side shots. Where a point guard doese more dribbling and passing and leading the team.

Answer 2

there are two types of guards in the NBA, a point and a shooting guard. the point guard is known for their quickness, dribbling and passing abilities where as a shooting guard is normally taller than the point in size and can knock down shoots from anywhere on the floor.