Brewer is neither a 3 or a D player. The "Warriors model" involves a lot of versatile players with playmaking skills. Brewer isn't that either. He's definitely more of an old-school energy guy. I'm not sure he has a lot of value in the new NBA.
This is another good deal for the rockets at this price. Morey is likely going to try to make a trade to get Lowry by Feb. to solve the problem at PG.
He's right though. Brewer is not an bone average 3 pt shooter or defender. He's a fast break threat, a passing lane stealer. He isn't versitle on defense at all.
To keep some perspective... or from another perspective... ALL NBA players are overpaid compared to the rest of us, some of whom actually save lives as part of their job. Salaries have been so for a long, long time in professional sports. A LOT of salaries in the business world are overblown in that context. Morey has certainly made some mistakes but overall, you can't argue with last year's results, considering the number of injuries and missed games by key players. If Brewer and he (and by implication, Alexander) are happy with this deal, our opinions are just water cooler talk. Well, actually, they would be anyway. As far as trading Ariza or Brewer, I doubt it. The Rockets aren't so far from competing at the top again. A little better health, some help at guard, and another year to build on the chemistry from last season. The real eyesore for this squad is still big men FT% and TO's. Hopefully, some of that can be improved upon. I'm happy to welcome Brewer back.
TRANSMISSION RGR BATON ROUGE LA 70EIGHT08 MESSAGE: BREWER (.516) TRUE SHOETING PERCENT WITH ROCKETS (ESPN HOLLINGER, JOHNATHAN) HIGHER THAN (.510) ELLIS, MONTA. 24M VS 44M GOOD VALUE
I'm ok with the deal (below market value signing) however to be honest I'm surprised we're bringing him back. Yes he was a good bench piece but in the playoffs all of his weaknesses got exposed and with Dekker, Kpap and KJ still on the squad do we really need him back? All of these are athletic guys who have trouble scoring in ISO just like Brewer so tbh I'm really surprised we brought him back If we retained Brew and lost KJ in FA it'd be a real bummer IMHO
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">S/o to the fans. <a href="http://t.co/2z1avJyWLA">pic.twitter.com/2z1avJyWLA</a></p>— Corey Brewer (@TheCoreyBrewer) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCoreyBrewer/status/618529866544054272">July 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Lol at Brewer being a 3 and D player. Absolutely atrocious from deep last year! Very inconsistent shooter. He's good in other areas, but shooting has always been his weakness.
Brewer is a champion. He has won it all at every level. He loves playing for the Rockets and we are lucky to have him.
Fixed for ya Sadly the guy is a sub 30% 3 point shooter who has an itchy trigger finger. Great hustle guy though
Brewer's alright with just coming off the bench, so hell yes it's nice to have a bench guy with guts like him around, for a little while longer.
Brewer was suprisingly good from the three point line last year. I was more surprised that The Jet wasnt shooting as well as he should. Look, I love guys like Brewer and Ariza, they play with heart and are mostly undervalued. Glad they are on our team
Brewer is a good fit and I do not doubt his ability to contribute to this team in every aspect besides 3 pt shooting.
