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Re: basketball IQ is a made up stat. 

Post#41 » by Guy986 » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:14 am

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Post#42 » by JDs_loot » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:16 am

Inigo_Montoya wrote:Epic straw man


You obviously don't know what a straw man argument is.
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Post#43 » by EzeDoesIt » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:18 am

This is a funny topic :)

But just to clarify, BBIQ is a basketball term, not really any different from the way "rebound" is a basketball term. The words mean different things in a basketball context.

BBIQ just seems to be your awareness on the court (offensive only, as players like Nash/ Kobe tend to get credited with amazing BBIQs but not players like Dwight [when he was good]).
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Post#44 » by sprint2thecup » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:18 am

jstnw89 wrote:"LOL westbrook is a really dumb player", better?


if you really mean it then yes, but westbrook ISN'T a dumb player. the "basketball IQ" slang term is made up exactly to attack good players like westbrook, who ball hard but do not appear intelligent.
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Post#45 » by sunskerr » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:26 am

nyhuskyfan wrote:It's a colloquial term. It isn't math. Nobody has ever pretended it was math.

Why do they talk about "wingspan". That's not biologically accurate. Nobody is playing with feathers.


Well, I dont know about that...

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Post#46 » by EH15 » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:27 am

Holy sh*t, someone had a bad day
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Post#47 » by EArl » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:28 am

sunskerr wrote:
nyhuskyfan wrote:It's a colloquial term. It isn't math. Nobody has ever pretended it was math.

Why do they talk about "wingspan". That's not biologically accurate. Nobody is playing with feathers.


Well, I dont know about that...

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Post#48 » by MrBigShot » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:29 am

jstnw89 wrote:How can it be a made up stat? It's not even a stat because it's not quantifiable.


Word. BBall IQ is a way of describing a player's smarts and overall feel for the game. It isn't a stat, like rebound percentage or assist to TO ratio.
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Post#49 » by Mykhyn » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:36 am

Someones mad that Westbrook got called out for making dumb plays.


Just because someone hasn't made a test for it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Did IQ or intelligence exist before the 19th century? By your logic it didn't because a test hadn't been made for it.

Just because we can't give it an exact number doesn't mean we don't have a feel where people would place compared to others.
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Post#50 » by sunskerr » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:37 am

eablinksum wrote:Velociraptors dont have feathers they have scales.


How sure are you?
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Post#51 » by EArl » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:41 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post#52 » by sunskerr » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:47 am

eablinksum wrote:Well i've taken a couple of paleontology and evolution classes so pretty sure.


Really? Are you sure?
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Post#53 » by BlueDawn » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:54 am

sunskerr wrote:
eablinksum wrote:Well i've taken a couple of paleontology and evolution classes so pretty sure.


Really? Are you sure?


Well, now that you put it that way.
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Post#54 » by Left Side Drive » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:57 am

eablinksum wrote:
sunskerr wrote:
nyhuskyfan wrote:It's a colloquial term. It isn't math. Nobody has ever pretended it was math.

Why do they talk about "wingspan". That's not biologically accurate. Nobody is playing with feathers.


Well, I dont know about that...

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Post#55 » by Bergy » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:25 am

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Post#56 » by inquisitive » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:34 am

so i guess dumb ball player will do then.
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Post#57 » by gumbercules » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:43 am

With all the slang words and words we butcher in the king's english, why does this bother you so much? When people say it, they clearly mean "Basketball Intelligence".
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Post#58 » by gumbercules » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:45 am

eablinksum wrote:
sunskerr wrote:
nyhuskyfan wrote:It's a colloquial term. It isn't math. Nobody has ever pretended it was math.

Why do they talk about "wingspan". That's not biologically accurate. Nobody is playing with feathers.


Well, I dont know about that...

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Post#59 » by HTown_TMac » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:50 am

You're attempting to be smarter than you actually are. Everything isn't meant to be taken literal.
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Post#60 » by Bskey » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:52 am

"Metal Rim attached to a backboard with a hanging net ball intelligence" is the correct term, you're right.

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