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The Main Event: Thunder coach Scott Brooks' former teammates with the highest basketball IQs

By DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com | Modified: November 30, 2009 at 12:14 am | Published: November 29, 2009 Comment on this article

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Maurice Cheeks;Philadelphia 76ers;1988-89

Jason Kidd;Dallas Mavericks;1994-96

He was as good as they come.

Sam Cassell;Houston Rockets;1993-95

Charlie Ward;New York Knicks;1996-97

It kind of makes sense. He was a quarterback. I don't know much about football, but it seems like with that position you have to know a lot of things and a lot of sets and formations.