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A tweener in basketball is a term, sometimes used derisively, for a player who is able to play two positions, but is not ideally suited to play either position exclusively, so he/she is said to be in be''tween''. A tweener has a set of skills that do not match the traditional position of his physical stature. NBA.com's definition of "tweener" is as follows: :"This word is derived from the word "between", as in a player is between the height of a guard and a forward. "Tweeners" often have the skills of a big man, but the height of a guard. Though only six foot six, Charles Barkley, a tweener, was one of the NBA's greatest rebounding power forwards." A player who is ideally suited to play two positions is sometimes referred to as a swingman, although that term is more commonly reserved specifically for those who are suited to play small forward and shooting guard. == Power forward / center (forward-center or bigman) == This tweener has the skills of either a center or a power forward, but is usually stronger than traditional power forwards and quicker and often more skilled than traditional centers, and is generically called a "big" in American basketball, where the distinction between power forwards and centers has become increasingly blurred.〔(Era of the postmodern big man )〕 Many times C/PF tweeners are used to create match-up problems. Amar'e Stoudemire is an example of a tweener. Other prominent NBA players who switch between power forward and center are Jermaine O'Neal, Tyson Chandler, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Bosh, and Anthony Davis, among others. A good example of such a Euroleague player is Mike Batiste. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tweener (basketball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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