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n. A basketball player.

n. A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.

n. an athlete who plays basketball

"I have long felt that in this modern day of increased media coverage, it is nearly impossible for a collegiate cager (note - "cager" was a huge synonym for basketball player when I was a college journalist, and I discovered it at the bottom of an old water pipe that was stuffed into a box with my debate trophies … yes, I was also a master debater) to get through even one year of play unscathed."

jock    athlete   

center    Dunker    forward    guard    dribbler