basketballer

noun

1. (informal)A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.

   “In fact the latter are likely to develop muscles of the kind and strength that may even be a handicap to the Nth degree basketballer.”

   “For the basketballer on the court, it expresses itself in individual play: running, passing, defending, shooting for goal.”

   “The most famous sportsman rumoured to come for a round here was basketballer Michael Jordan, who flew in just for the midnight golf experience.”