What is Basketball IQ? It's hard to explain, and most say it's something that players just have

 
By DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com
Published: November 29, 2009

It's one of the most mysterious terms in basketball, a pithy phrase regularly seen in scouting reports, supposedly to sum up a player's knowledge of the game.

Basketball IQ.

Defining it isn't so easy.

"It's a feel for the game," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks . "Some guys have it. Some guys don't. You don't necessarily need to have it to be successful. But when you have it you underst...


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