The Smartest Plays in NBA History

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These are NBA high IQ plays. At first, we got to time LeBron James dropped a perfect dime by faking out the entire arena.
But Javel McGee took that a step further, because he decided to fake an injury. And right when the defense thought he was dumb playing, he got the easiest dunk of his life. But Chris Paul was about to have it rough, so he forced his own teammate to do his dirty work. See, when grizzly Zach Eaddy got a loose ball, Chris Paul tried to force a jump ball. But once he realized that Eaddy was 7 foot 4, he made Wembe grab the ball immediately.

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Still has it. Chris Paul saying, Wembe, get in there. He doesn't want to jump against Eaddy.

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That was nasty. But De'Aaron Fox is 101, because he tied the game in the smartest way possible. See, with only 4 seconds left and down by 3, De'Aaron was at the free throw line knowing he had to make the first and miss the second. So after draining the first free throw, he decided that instead of hoping a teammate would tip it off the rim, he just passed it to himself.
We may never see that again, but no one saw Lakers' Marcelo Huertas because he hit behind the Miami Heat coach to get a steal. Miami's bench really said nothing. You gotta look out for your teammates, dog. What if I told you Chris Paul stole points from his own teammate? Because when the Celtics tried intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan, Chris Paul did this. He doesn't need teammates because he can score by passing to himself.

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In this area, here's Moran.

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Oh, he didn't have a purpose.

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He got it.

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How in the world did he pull that off?

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But Nate Robinson got a little too smart because when he found himself jumping against 6'8 Rudy Gay, Nate knew only being 5'9 was a little problem. So his only chance of winning was cheating.

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They would put Bamba back in.
It was squeal. Yeah. I love it.

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He almost got away with it, but Yanes got away with an NFL play because once he picked up a loose ball, he became a long snapper.

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Pulled away.

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Oh, what a play by Atetokumpo between his legs down court, and Middleton scores.

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How about that pass?

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But Lugedancic has eyes on the back of his head, and against the Blazers, he used them to his advantage.

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Leading down, Luged with 12, flipped it, eyes in the back of his head to an open Tim Hardaway Jr. That would be what you would call an exquisite pass.

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But if I told you Ben Simmons made a high IQ play, would you believe me?

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He'll bring the ball in. He pouts it off the backside of Farnwell, right back to him for the layup.

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You got to give him props for that, and you got to give Rajon Rondo a job with traffic control, because he led his team to a win by telling every player where to go on the court.

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Look at Rondo saying to Marcus, don't worry about the middle, you go guard the corner. Look at Rondo, look at him directing traffic.

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Yeah, he knows it, he don't care if they get a layup.

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And the Kings are going to win the game. It's all over.

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That's how you run your team. But Andre Miller was running trick plays on the court, because every chance he got, he'd get a bucket by faking a timeout.

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Andre Miller does it, he fakes the timeout and scores.

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The Hornets were already in the huddle.

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That's a good bet.

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But Kevin Garnett knows how to use timeouts to his advantage, too, because right before he stepped out of bounds, he did this.

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He gets his hands high, he was able to save it, and then falls out of bounds, but calls the drive-out first.

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That's genius, but some players look like idiots, because Jason Terry made JR Smith look like a fool on national television. But Kobe Bryant made the Magic look stupid, because right after a timeout, he had the Lakers huddle on the free throw line. So the Magic thought they were defending the basket closest to them, and that was Kobe's plan the whole time.

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Stunned by Bryant! When the Lakers didn't advance the ball, took it out where they took it out, three-quarter court, and then lined up across the free throw line, it confused the defense. They started playing on the underneath side.