Highest basketball IQ...?

[TheDude1]

Okay, so I know we've talked crunch time...

But who are the guys who you think had the highest basketball IQs at Duke?




I'd say Jon, Bobby, and Shane are all really good picks, personally.

 

[Liftee]

Good choices. I'd add Spanarkel, Amaker and for the OFC's, Gary Melchionni.

 

[Tlass]

I think Wojo belongs in the converstaion.

 

[timo0402]

Would think a lot of our PGs
Amaker
Hurley
Tyus
Scheyer
Shane
Elton Brand i thought.
Carrawell- that dude man
Wojo

 

[dukiejay]

Hurley would probably be #1A on my list, but there's certainly others in the mix.

 

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[dukebluesTX]

Battier by a million

 

[GAAP_rivals]

Nice choices, but they all fall far short of the only true hoops genius — Gary at THR.

 

[skysdad]

Gminski. OFC

 

[dukehokie]

There have been some freshmen with outstanding basketball IQ as well.

Jah, Tyus, Jayson and Luke come to mind automatically. Greg Paulus showed it early as well.

Going back to pre-K, I’ve always heard Jeff Mullins, Bob Verga, Chip Engelland, Ed Koffenberger, Dick Groat among many others were very intelligent players.

 

[Mac9192]

Ferry, Snider, Amaker, Bilas, Dawkins, Alarie, Battier, Laettner, Hurley, Dunleavy, Scheyer, Singler, both Hills...

Space Cadet team: Newton, Horvath

 

[dukehokie]

Ferry, Snider, Amaker, Bilas, Dawkins, Alarie, Battier, Laettner, Hurley, Dunleavy, Scheyer, Singler, both Hills...

Space Cadet team: Newton, Horvath

Haha add Casey Sanders and Josh Hairston to Team Astronaut.

 

[Dattier]

Pretty much anyone who ends up going into coaching would qualify, at the very least. Anyone who sticks in the NBA has to get there, too, even if they weren't necessarily there when they arrived.

 

[topps coach]

Steve Vacendak was a really smart player

 

[Voldukie]

Battier
Hurley
Nate
Wojo
C-Well
Scheyer

 

[Buzzooka Joe]

Shane Battier has always seemed like a genius to me

 

[TheDude1]

Haha add Casey Sanders and Josh Hairston to Team Astronaut.

I still clap my hands together in the Casey Sanders clap when someone fumbles the ball out of bounds

 

[skysdad]

I have a question about basketball I.Q. Are we talking like the the natural mental instincts and reactions to in game circumstances of the above mentioned players or the high basketball I.Q. of guru gary -7 which is beyond every ones mental capacity. OFC

 

[pisgah101]

Dukiejay

 

[dukehokie]

Shane Battier has always seemed like a genius to me

I’d love to see him run for President. We could chant “Who’s Your Daddy?” at the Inauguration.

 

[timo0402]

I’d love to see him run for President. We could chant “Who’s Your Daddy?” at the Inauguration.

I’d be on that campaign trail slapping doors

 

[DukeDenver]

Tyus Jones saw the action in slow mo. Not sure if that counts for IQ. Shane was a real man of genius.

 

[Dattier]

Shane was a real man of genius.

Mr. Cran-raspberry-drink-request-joke maker!

 

[LongTimeDukeFan]

It’s Hurley.

Not going to even talk about his on court stats....

Dad is a HOF coach, and then
Hurley played for another HOF coach, and then
He played in NBA, and then
Hurley went to work for his brother as an assistant coach, and then
He became a D1 coach.

For his age, Hurley has had more hours in coaching and getting coached then anyone I know.

 

[peterjurkinsquirtsroywilliams]

Hurley, Kennard, Battier, Tyus, Scheyer, Dawkins, Laettner, Grant Hill.