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Message: [QUOTE="mauconnfan, post: 3211951, member: 489"] He has the basketball IQ to play the game we've seen it on D. You don't need to clarify actual intelligence with basketball intelligence with me I talked about that the whole Brimah regime. Hate to say this but not learning plays isn't always related to bball IQ I'm afraid. He showed he gets the D side better than most we've had in the most recent past. Better than Brimah, Enoch and Cobb. Not saying he's a better defender than Brimah I know there's some who would hammer me for that lol. The whole hedge and retreat, help defense he is decent at so he has some concepts but yeah, needs to know where to be on offense and get a better understanding of that end. Ultimately though he needs to end up near the basket when a shot goes up because he has the natural instincts for the ball and o-rebounding could be a strength for him. He does foul a lot but also gets nailed for many that were questionable at best. He's that guy but needs to keep the hands out of the cookie jar as that isn't very smart at all and something he will need to improve upon. I'm guessing in all reality none of us can be sure of how good or bad his IQ is in 3.8 minutes a game anyway. We will need a stronger, active and smarter player in '19-'20 no matter if he is to get 8-12 minutes a game. [/QUOTE]