Skip Bayless: LeBron James Has Highest Basketball IQ in History

Timothy Rapp @@TRappaRTFeatured ColumnistMay 14, 2018

BOSTON, MA - MAY 13: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers speaks with the media following Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 13, 2018 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Undisputed pundit Skip Bayless, who has spent much of his career taking potshots at LeBron James, tweeted Monday that he believes James has "the highest basketball IQ in the history of the game."

Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless
I believe LeBron does have the highest basketball IQ in the history of the game, and that includes our friend Magic Johnson. But I was "impressed" by how much LeBron left out of his play-by-play. More @Undisputed, now on FS1 https://t.co/KnD1DqJ1M4

Of course, his compliment didn't come without a critique:

UNDISPUTED @undisputed
"LeBron is getting crazy runaway internet credit ... LeBron's photographic memory. Well, he didn't photograph what he did wrong in that sequence, right?" — @RealSkipBayless https://t.co/aDMeSOIcrj

Bayless was referencing James perfectly recounting a sequence from the beginning of the fourth quarter in Sunday's Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, when the Celtics went on a 7-0 run.

NBA TV @NBATV
How's that for a memory? 😮 #GameTime https://t.co/YpFLxw2K3A

The Cavaliers lost the game, 108-83. According to Bayless, the game was "an embarrassment" for James. According to everyone else, it was one loss in a seven-game series.