Thus tells me his teammates aren't keeping up with him or hitting him with outlet passes when he's streaking ahead. I bet he misses Josh Smith.
Uh no, the defense is already back he's not ahead. Only on the Dwight pass did he have an open lane. I seriously doubt he misses Josh Smith. BOF sighting?
What exactly does this guy do but cherry pick layups? He's not a good defender, he can't shoot, he has poor ball handling skills and I swear every time he drives the lane he's shooting whether he's triple teamed or not
He'll be fine. He didn't lose all his basketball talent in the offseason, he's just going through a rough stretch. That's the kind of feast-or-famine player he is. Brewer will have some great moments still as a Rocket.
The NBA's pace has gone up this year. If the pace remains high, guys that thrive on transition alone are going to be less valuable as other guys are providing transition opportunities as well as playing well in half court.
It's hilarious how people can think this way. Is it really possible that the guy can't defend, shoot, handle? The guy who carried us so many times last season? Don't go so extreme. He's not great at those things but he certainly can do them. He scores in bunches and brings more hustle than anyone on the team. You don't define a player by his negative attributes during his worst slump. Truth be told I've been advocating for KJ to take his spot since the summer. I know it's going to happen eventually. KJ is at least as good as Brew, younger and cheaper. I just want Brewer to raise his trade value up a bit so we can get something for him. I love the guy, but it's not smart to keep him on this team when we could be grooming KJ to take over from him and then later on maybe even Ariza. Remember Ariza couldn't shoot for **** when he joined the league either.
He just doesn't have any confidence in his 3 point shot...so it is limiting all he does offensively. Once he gets his shot back on track he will be a major asset...but right now he does not look good due to his unwillingness to shoot from the outside which is disrupting the offense
Agreed, he's just struggling with his shot and it's hurting all facets of his game. He should contact Jason Giambi about his gold slumpbusting thong.
He is clearly struggling with his offense on all aspects, and he was never a good defender too. However, he is the one who got the speed and his effort level is always high, and those are the very important factors in this system. He is not a good defender but at least he tried to run back most of the case when the other teams will have a fast break, and somehow this is rare in this team.
He shouldn't have any confidence in his 3 point shot, he's a career 29% 3 point shooter who is only hitting 14% this year. Even at his best, he's a bad 3 point shooter. Basically the only thing he brings to the team is energy, gambling for steals, and weird layup attempts. I get trying to raise his trade value, but all he's doing is lowering it by playing. I can't imagine anyone wanting to trade for Brewer at his current level of play at 7 mil a year.
I think low confidence is the main thing dragging him down right now. Corey is probably the happiest guy in the league on any given night, but his body language is awful at the moment. Shoulders slumped, head down -- and I think the botched fast breaks and ill-advised shots are just him trying desperately (albeit too hard) to be better. I have faith he'll turn it around, though.
After a career average under 30%, I don't think him getting confident with 3 point shooting is going to help. He has limitations. He makes up for them a lot with hustle. The problem comes when his limitations out weigh what he gives with hustle. With the number of big men that can't shoot, having a SF that can't shoot really hurts the spacing. When DMo gets back, it may change things. Right now, Rockets look very ugly except when Lawson, Harden, Thornton, Ariza play with either Howard or Capela.
Brew has been awful. And unfortunately, history suggests that this isn't necessarily going to get much better. He will probably move closer to his replacement player-level production but he is almost 30 and unlikely to add many new tricks to his game, which his predicated on hustle. His shooting has been abysmal (TS 37%), he gambles way too much on defense, his drives to the basket are idiotic, his passes are errant, and he's not getting rebounds. Dekker isn't ready either, but Brewer's play screams for KJ to get some PT. Except it's not like KJ has been much better... if Brewer has been bad, KJ has been terrible in limited time. I bet McHale and co. are not playing him for good reason; he is still basically a rookie and making a ton of mistakes, and he's an even worse shooter than Brew. Sadly, I think we are still with Brew as our backup 3 for now, especially while Bev, Jones and D Mo are out.
Caveat: I do think Brew will get closer to being a replacement-level player once he gels with Lawson (or, once Lawson figures out how to pass the ball to someone who only has two gears, stop or run straight at top speed), and I do think KJ has a lot of potential once he puts it all together.
not sure i'm on board with giving KJ a bigger role but totally agree on your Brewer take - the short term memory fans routinely display is amazing. Brewer is a solid bench player for us and was HUGE for us in the playoffs. he's going through a bad slump but he didn't forget to play. to think some of you would just relegate him to the back of the bench is comical. players don't get out of slumps by not playing and mchale obviously knows that. you might clip his minutes a bit but the only way he gets back to form is by playing through it and finding his groove. if he's still struggling 20 games from now than you look at legitimate alternatives. but at that point you've probably already begun to curb is role in favor of KJ anyways.
Sure, he's not completely worthless and has his positives, but I don't see how he is a better option that other people on the bench. He is a black hole is half court offense. What exactly does he do that KJ can't? I'd rather give KJ or Thornton his minutes
