I disagree about the idea that Brewer is a team player. He is very selfish on offense, often missing open players, often reaching for a stupid foul while the team is cohesively defending. He wants to play the hero, and there is room for that kind of player in the NBA but they have to be able to do something well. Anything. What does Brewer do well but run in transition and what's the point running in transition if you can't convert consistently? A great guy, a hustle player, a hard worker, but just an unskilled and selfish player to me. Not a selfish person, but he is a basketball player that does not take his teammates into account. At 15 minutes he's not really costing us much usually, but if we're going to give someone 15 mintues accepting that they might make lots of mistakes in that time, I'd rather give those minutes to Dekker or KJ. He needs a different situation and so do we. I think on a different team he could be a nice backup SF for parts of a season. Particularly teams that still play with a pass first uptempo PG and a big man who's good at outlet passes. That's what Brewer needs.
Chaos Sandwiches boneheaded plays are back, but luckily others played well enough for him not to endanger the W. I started to appreciate energy and professionalism he brings a lot more after our coach pointed it out in the interview. I am just glad Harden's shot has finally warped back from Chaos Sandwich into the Beard after several games of residing in the sandwich.
Brewer still has his sewer moments but as of late at least he has sprinkled some positives in instead of just being all the way horrible.
Do our eyes deceive us? Brewer is 2nd in rotation players 3rd overall in 2-point%, in between Clint and Nene (Lebron-like!) I don't know how thats possible either. I said before vets need as much a pick-me-up and support sometimes when they get in a funk, even the self-starter types like Brewer. There are alternatives ON the team to Brewer, but I've liked MDA's approach to Brewer. I don't like win-now veteran short-sightedness over young upside (#1 in 2PT% is KJ) I still want the team to do well, and it includes needing Brewer to play well too.
fwiw: Here are our Team DRtg by starter (EGo, Brewer and Bev) Coincidence, or did the coaches know what they were doing by starting Brewer? Spoiler: Last line of chart explanation The last line can be ignored for this post. It is an adjustment for Beverley since he was the top defender in that horrible Utah game. The Harden, EGo, Ariza, Capela and Ryno/Dekker 17 minute lineups gave up 13 more points versus had they just kept Utah to the same pts/minute rate as the starting lineup with Bev did.
