Apparently Boris Diaw has a high BBIQ. So did Horry.
Are there any Spurs with low BBIQs, aside from Pop
He's got grand BBQs though...
I bet his BBQ sandwich shop would be more successful than Malik's
srsly, what does high BBIQ mean?
Does the player lack natural athletic ability and can attribute their success to being smart?
Is it consistent play? Being in the right place, right time?
Touch unfair. The only thing low about Blair, IMO is his vertical ceiling. He tries to play like he is 7 ft, except he doesn't realise that he is 5 inches shorter.
The one Spur I remember who had the lowest IQ was Drew Gooden.
Blair is a tough call. He's a pretty damn good passer and you can't be a good passer without a relatively high basketball IQ. He also understands spacing and how to operate high-low sets with Duncan. And while he's a liability on defense, it's mostly because he's extremely short for his position and isn't too athletic. You could put Tim Duncan's brain and Manu Ginobili's heart in DeJuan Blair's body and he'd still be a bad defender.
On the other hand, Blair does do a lot of dumb things that make you question his basketball IQ. Tbh, though, I think those dumb things are a matter of recklessly trying to compensate for his lack of size and athleticism. He also tends to drift mentally and let one bad play snowball into a series of bad plays.
Off the top of my head, I'd say Diaw and Duncan have the highest basketball IQs on the team. Lowest? Probably Neal and Mills. Thankfully they can both shoot . . .
I suppose someone who understands the team's offensive plays and the coach's directions well enough. Someone who goes beyond his individual skill set and reacts well to a particular situation.. Like say.... helping out the offense score quickly in a two for one.. take a charge when required.. rotate well on help defense.. makes the necessary extra pass.. understands screening and pick and roll plays.. ..and tries to play out the role assigned to him.
Boris Diaw fits all that to a T.
The very anti-thesis of a Diaw is someone like Javale McGee. He plays as a individual rather than a team-member, never understands situational plays.. is uninterested many a time.. and is selfish looking for spectacular plays...
Or someone like Nate Robinson who is always trying to play to a gallery than letting his team win.
The two lowest are two point guards.
Yay. Yes, thankfully they can score.
Neither is one.. They are guards (one is speedy, the other is a dead on shooter) who are made to play PG (sometimes) because they are short and can't guard SGs.
Like Tony
was.. apparently according to those who followed the Spurs via box scores..
Tony has always been a PG.. a Scoring PG like some from yesteryear.. (Bob Cousy?)
I think Ginobili has one of the highest basketball IQ's on the team. Lowest BBIQ on the team to me is James Anderson.
Last edited by sa_butta; 04-24-2012 at 11:11 AM.
Like Mills. And what's now being forced on Gary.
Do you think that the high BBIQ, along with his positional defensive prowess, is enough to have already solidified Diaw's return to the Spurs next season?
Parker was a point guard from Day 1. He has polished his skills over the years but he was 100% legit out of the box.
I classify Ginobili as more of an instinctual player rather than someone who relies on high basketball IQ. Ginobili doesn't often settle for the most fundamentally sound option, which is part of the reason why he's the most entertaining Spurs player of the last 30 years.
Sometimes his instincts don't work out (Dirk foul) but he's a Hall of Famer because he follows his creative instincts even if it isn't necessarily "smart".
I think it'll depend on the playoffs. If he rises to the challenge and gives the Spurs that multi-dimensional stretch four next to Duncan that Pop has been craving for years, I think the Spurs would try hard to re-sign him. If his passiveness becomes a hindrance, I'd imagine the Spurs would look elsewhere first.
So far, so good, though.
Ah, the search for the missing ghost of Robert Horry could perhaps be found in the closet of Boris Diaw.
Let's all hope the next time Boris is seen dancing and celebrating with Parker, inside the bowels of the AT&T Center, it will be followed by a Riverwalk parade this June.
Nah, I've always thought of Tony being a 2 guard in a point guard position. To me, this has been his best true point guard year.
Imo.
Nah, I've always thought of Tony being a 2 guard in a point guard position. To me, this has been his best true point guard year.
Imo.
*guffaw*
lol, pretty much
I think this is spot on. Pretty much what I was going to say, but better.
Neal and Mills aren't terrible at BBIQ, either. Understanding the game does not mean you can't make boneheaded decisions. No one on the team really has a terrible BBIQ, and Blair definitely doesn't.
at blair having BBIQ
that's like saying Bonner has bb iq. Following your coaches every shouted order does not = bbiq.
knowing that will happen a couple of plays in advance and adjusting is BBIQ. Diaw has some of that
I'd say Timmy and Manu.
^^ the Boris Diaw of the message board.
Do you have a previous thread link showing why I shouldn't think Tony is really a 2 playing as a 1?
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