I'm not an expert on the game or Xs and Os but I don't think there is anyone with more knowledge of the NBA from 1989 to present than myself. I've devoured it for 30 years. I don't pretend to know the NBA before that. That's why my Mt Rushmore will always be Jordan/Hakeem/Duncan/LeBron. Shaq is a runner up.
I attended the Mark Twain school of NBA commentary, taught by professor Mr. Ed. I'd rather be silent and thought a fool than post my opinions and remove all doubt, so while people yakkity yak a streak and waste your time of day, I only post analysis when I have something to say. Which is rarely.
Not exactly on topic, but for me, BBIQ is same as regular IQ, the ability to make the correct choice in the shortest amount of time.
I have very little pure basketball knowledge. Played very little and with absolutely no coaching. I like to see how things work though. It's how i would fix something mechanical, if it was new to me. I sit there and look at it (observe) and then think about what is going on. How does this part affect that part? What is the pattern here? Is there any geometry involved? And think what needs to be done next. Or how it could work better.
To me BBIQ is what you can do when there is no right choice...and a lot of basketball success is second nature...what gets some guys in trouble is overthinking the game. Several Blazer players said Meyers and Evan Turner had really high BBIQs...Meyers they say was an encyclopedia of players tendencies and stats...doesn't always translate. Jeremy Lin graduated from Harvard....he's playing in China. Dennis Rodman was a great defender...not sure he's that bright all around though. A guy like Grant Hill would fit your line of thinking..really bright guy.
Yes. I do try to show I am right; but I try to do it very subtly so people won't notice what I am doing. (Unless they are really not paying attention; and I have to actually point out that I suggested a trade just two hours before Olshey actually made it. )
I basically agree; the highest IQ people process a decision so fast that it might not be called thinking.
uh cuz I've listened to or watched damn near every Blazer game and hundreds of playoff games for the past 25 yrs. And I played HS/rec ball/ pickup over the same period. And I have over 30k posts here just in the past 10, and have been talking ball for the past 15 yrs on some forum or the other. Think I've passed Gladwell's 10,000 hr rule. Can only people who have played in the league be allowed to have expert opinions?
I'd say there are many signifiers to measure basketball IQ, experience probably being the lion's share. I guess it depends on the kid, whether he/she cares about basketball. A given kid could have a dad who is a coach and not know much about the game at all. If the kid likes basketball, and is willing to soak everything up their dad has to teach them, they are going to know a lot. Who knows if a talk show host might know more. Maybe the kid whose dad was a coach learned alot, but became a talk show host. Maybe the reporter grew up playing basketball in the parks. Even if not, they can both have sufficent knowledge in the game. They just have different experiences. As to how I acquired my knowledge...I have loved basketball since I can remember. I grew up playing basketball in the park. No blood no foul. The NBA raised me. I have seen history made. I played in high school before I hurt my knee. I immersed myself in the game as participant and viewer. I kept my eyes and ears opened, surrounded myself with people who knew the game more than I did, absorbed everything I could. I taught a class on the history of the game and learned nearly as much as instilled on my students. I write and talk about Basketball because I enjoy it and to an extent I know it. I am no expert. I have vast knowledge on the game and have habit to drop it on occasion. I have insight. But, more importantly, even having been around the game for 2 decades, which really isn't that long, I am still learning. I have learned a lot here. @dviss1 has taught me a lot about reffing. @hoopsjock about the CBA. Etc etc.
