Monday, November 30, 2009, by Isaac Merwin
Basketball IQ
Here’s an article from the Oklahoman, written by Darnell Mayberry, which talks about one of the most elusive concepts in the game: basketball IQ. The author quotes Scott Brooks (Oklahoma coach), Rick Adelman (Houston coach), Shaun Livingston (Oklahoma guard) and Stan Van Gundy (Orlando coach).
The best definition of the player with high basketball IQ comes from Van Gundy:
It’s a guy who has an innate understanding, the game comes easily to him… They see things once and it all makes sense to them. Basketball just makes sense to them and they make smart plays. They’re ahead of the play defensively. They can pick up plays you put in easily.
