http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...players-speak-on-pluses-and-minuses-of-smarts Brilliant article by Skolnick.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-not-play-against-bobcats-060323748--nba.html And here's the opposite end of the spectrum. Smith could never get away with any of his **** in the Miami locker room. NYK stocked their team with low-IQ and low-character players, and players who have no idea how to be role players for each other. Intelligence, as described in Ethan's article, is severely undervalued in a tight 15-man family like NBA rosters. Riley is a genius.