Most improved T-Wolf in 08/09

[the_bruce]

Good thread... I don't think Brewer will average great all-around numbers until he's a starter, which barring injury won't happen until after the trade deadline next year at the earliest. He's another year away, IMO, but also the Wolf with the highest ceiling right now. He reminds me of a young Scottie Pippen just a little bit... good team player, ball handler, defender. Pippen obviously went from good to great by being a dominant offensive player and shooter (he should have won MVP the year Jordan missed playing baseball.) Brewer has a long, LONG way to go to being that good, don't get me wrong. But the potential is there.

I agree with the Pippen comparison, and I actually just thought of this today and posted about it in some player comparison thread on brewer = bust thread.

The usual Bowen comparisons are thrown around, but to me Brewer is already putting up type numbers and defense. He doesnt compare very well to many SF's in the league, but Pippen is what I thought suited him as his potential ceiling. He will never reach that level imo, but I dont see any reason as to why he couldn't get close in a few years with effort.

[TheFranchise21]

Corey has bad handles. Pippen was a point forward. Minus the handles I can see the Pippen comparison but that's disregarding a huge asset.

[benshizzle]

brewer will never be as tough as pippen. i hope its rashad, he has the skills the only thing he need work on is being consistent . we all seen what shad is capable of, he is easily the second best player on the team... probably also the best shooter and best finisher that is not named al jeff.

[Krapinsky]

I am personally hoping that it is McCants. If he embraces his role as the 6th man, and works on his defense, I think he could surpass Manu Ginobili.

That's quite wishful thinking. From an efficiency standpoint Ginobli is one of the ten best in the league. Per 40 min his numbers are near Kobe.


I think it has to be Brewer or even Jefferson. If Jefferson moves down the four full time we will see better consistency out of him. 24/12 wouldn't be out of the question.

Brewer just has so much room to improve. If he was 2nd rounder and not a lottery pick he would probably be in the d-league right now working on his shot. Hopefully, like deeney said, he get's his percentages up. 12/6/3 would be fine as long as he was consistent from game to game i.e. no more 2 pt games on 1-9 shooting.

[WallyWorld]

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If we do draft Bayless or Mayo why does it have to be Foye that is traded? His value will only go up next season. That would have been like trading McCants last offseason.

Agreed. But wouldnt you agree it would be redundant to have 2 undersized combo guards fighting for time?? And then what happens to Sebastain? Foye, though having the potential to improve quite a bit, doesnt seem to fit in here. As much as McCants has a bad attitude, 15 ppg players off the bench are rare. He fits in well and provides that spark. I could maybe see McCants carving out a sixth man of the year type role long term if his attitude doesnt get in the way.

[TrentTuckerForever]

Corey has bad handles. Pippen was a point forward. Minus the handles I can see the Pippen comparison but that's disregarding a huge asset.

I think you're comparing Pippen in his prime against Brewer as a rookie. Brewer is actually averaging more assists as a rookie than Pippen did:

Player G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Brewer 74 35 22.6 .370 .171 .780 2.60 3.60 1.4 .92 5.6

Pippen 79 0 20.9 .463 .174 .576 3.80 2.10 1.2 .70 7.9

Stats are very similar with the notable exception of shooting %. I would say that that's the easiest thing to improve, except some players never do (Jason Kidd is the most glaring example I can think of.) Anyway, here's hoping Brewer can be Pippen... I just don't think that'll happen in one year.

[Devilzsidewalk]

Chris Richard. I traded him after his rookie season on 2K8, and his last game he had like 8 pts, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks, he's definitely a Ben Wallace up and coming like ya dig