Recently, the Oklahoman newspaper posted a poll asking fans which NBA player had the highest basketball IQ.
They got the typical answers like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Steve Nash, Chris Paul, etc. Any person with a decent brain can tell you who has a Lebron has a good basketball IQ.
However, I was surprised that they did not mentioned which NBA player had the worst basketball IQ. In that light, a friend of mine sent me this unpublished chapter of the "Basketball IQ for Dummies" with a short excerpt from a chapter entitled, "Learning from Lamar"
Chapter 3-Learning from Lamar
People always unsure about how to quantify basketball IQ. It is a mysterious thing but we can tell who has it and who does not. The best way to learn basketball IQ is to learn from the mistakes.
Take one Lamar Odom, he is talented bench player for the Los Angeles Lakers but he always had a spotty basketball IQ.
There have been many instances in Mister Odom's career where he made certain mistakes that he would like to forget and for you dear reader, we hope you learn from them.
1) Always remember to pass the ball, however they have to be on the court to do so
2) Always remember where the hoop is
3) The referee is not on your team
4) Remember you have to inbound the ball by passing
If you remember these four things, you can improve your basketball IQ by leaps and bounds. Maybe you can play in the NBA even, (excluding anyone below 5'3, drastically overweight and if your a chick, get your ten-day WNBA contract now)
Some of you are probably saying, former teammate Kwame Brown has the lowest basketball IQ. However, I going to quantify that he is just terrible, that's all.