BBIQ ( was RE: Will Powe Go?)

[Kim Malo]

At 03:30 PM 10/12/2007, asterix ninetynine wrote:
>Darn it Ubiquitous -  You've stolen my follow-up ;)
>
>   I thank all of you for your definitions.  In many case, you chose 
> a Hall of Famer and member of the 50 greatest players ever to 
> illustrate what it means to have good or great BBIQ ( although my 
> friend Ravi Potter Stewart's "I know it when I see it" made me 
> wonder if he ought not be scouting).
>
>   So what does that mean when the term gets applied to young'un 
> like Brandon Wallace or Al Jefferson?

Well FWIW, I did tack on at the end of my first post that I saw clear 
signs of Al developing some BBIQ (on offense) last season in 
regularly using situationally appropriate moves on offense vs his 
equally clearly doing everything on nothing but instinct and talent 
(which had always been enough in high school) before that. And while 
I don't have much respect for his defense, and would certainly never 
call it high BBIQ, I think you also have to say his learning how to 
stay on the floor and out of foul trouble when we desperately needed 
that while Perk was out was at least in part a sign of increased 
BBIQ. Because again, he had to play smarter vs relying solely on 
talent and instincts as he's used to. And he did it consistently. it 
wasn't a one game *whew* ut of luck. While it's a good sign for 
future BBIQ development what he said about McHale, which was 
basically that he was helping him to develop his BBIQ and understand 
WHY he did things - I think if you've got to develop it almost from 
scratch, you've got to realize that there's something you're missing. 
Especially is you've enough physical talent to let you succeed enough 
as a pro to get by and even do reasonably well.

Kim