There’s a bunch of new terminology which has sprung up in basketball to enlighten (we hope) those we are talking to about players. A couple of expressions, “high basketball IQ” and “glue guy”, are in common parlance among hoops freaks, yet accepted definitions are rarely on hand. I’m going to take a run at each of them in turn, with a particular view towards deciding which Toronto Raptors are worthy of these complimentary, yet vague, idioms.
What in the name of the sainted Dr. Naismith is high b-ball IQ? For me, there are a number of aspects. Ultimately it’s the talent to understand what the play should be before it happens.