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So IQ outside of the basketball context refers to our current best measure for understanding someones natural intelligence. It doesn’t reflect their education (although I have a bone to pick with that because one of the measures for the WAIS is a vocab section, which is really reliant on education). In general IQ is something you are born with, and remains static (unless a brain injury happens).

Basketball IQ is not the natural intelligence you have with regards to your basketball intelligence. It’s the combination of your intelligence and basketball knowledge, which you apply on the court to make a smart play.

People with high basketball IQ’s make really smart plays. Whether it be recognizing one of your players has a smaller guy on them, and getting them to post up. Or if it’s fooling opponents by doing the same move twice, scoring, and then when it looks like you’re about to do the same move a 3rd time, you pivot to score a different way, fooling the defense. People with high basketball IQ’s use their knowledge of the game and experience to make the smartest play, not the hardest play.

ALL-TIME BB IQ list: (factoring BOTH offense & defense)

1. Larry Legend [pure genius--dominated the best w/ sheer grit and intelligence]

2. Magic Johnson [most prolific floor general ever--made his teammates legends]

3. Bob Cousy ["Mr. Basketball"--he invented the modern PG position and fast break]

4. Bill Russel [greatest winner ever, most dominant defensive player of all time, 133.64 DWS]

5. John Havlicek [before Jordan there was Hondo--greatest clutch winner in NBA history]

6. Oscar Robertson [most complete player in NBA history--elite in every facet of the game]

7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [ALL TIME LEADER in combined offensive -AND- defensive WIN shares]

8. Michael Jordan [most dominant scoring guard EVER--defensive wizard--highest career PER 27.91 of all time]

9. Tim Duncan [greatest combination of offensive AND defensive efficiency in the modern NBA]

10. Jerry West ["Mr. Clutch"--the purest, sharp-shooting guard to ever play]

11. Nate Archibald [ONLY player to ever lead in scoring (34.0) & assists (11.4) in same year]

12. Hakeem Olajuwon [big man explosiveness + guard agility + instincts + footwork = GAME CHANGER]

13. LeBron James [basketball prodigy aging like fine wine--perfect do-it-all wing--2nd highest career PER 27.65]

14. Rick Barry [perfected art of shooting--invented point-forward position--2nd highest career PER 23.76 (ABA)]

15. John Stockton [tough as nails, all time NBA steals & assist leader, 2nd all time point guard TS%]

16. Steve Nash [career 60.5 TS% -- commanded the best team offensive rating in the modern NBA]

17. Wilt Chamberlain [greatest offensive force ever, led the NBA in assists one season--IQ blossomed late]

18. Lenny Wilkens [NBA assist leader for 2 years while also head coach of winning Supersonics]

19. Dennis Rodman [per Chuck Daly, the most intelligent player he's ever coached. Period.]

20. Pete Maravich [most prolific collegiate scoring machine and playmaking PG of the '70s--offensive wizard]