Usually means: Player responsible for dribbling, passing.
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  1. ball handler: Merriam-Webster
  2. ball-handler: Wordnik
  3. ball handler: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  4. ball handler: Merriam-Webster

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  1. ball handler: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ballhandling)

noun:  (basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
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