Corey Brewer getting bought out.

[coyotes_geek]

What can the Spurs offer Brewer $$$$$ wise? Do the other interested teams have more money to offer Brewer?

Mavs have their full MLE. Spurs ahve about $1.7 of theirs.

[BOHOLANO#21]

Anderson is only a rookie and a rookie who has missed 1/2 of the season due to injury..he cannot be expected to carry the back up sf in the playoffs and should not for the spurs to win another championship.

Popovich just need to trust anderson like he did to rookie ginobili in 03 le run...

[SenorSpur]

The Spurs' FO needs to pursue him aggressively, we need a good defensive player badly.

Couldn't agree more. This would be the long, athletic defender that Pop, and so many of us, have long desired.

[k_nguyen93]

What can the Spurs offer Brewer $$$$$ wise? Do the other interested teams have more money to offer Brewer?

From what I'm hearing, Boston can offer him the least amount of money. They used entire MLE on Jermaine O'Neal. Even Shaq is only making minimum.

The Thunder have the lowest payroll of all the four teams. Didn't they use all their money on Nick Collison?

Dallas has their full MLE but are way over luxury tax. Have to pay double for everything.

Spurs have part of MLE and BLE left I think. (Thanks Tiago!)

[cd98]

One million on Brewer and $700,000 for Ford?

[024]

Mavs have their full MLE. Spurs ahve about $1.7 of theirs.

mavs still have their MLE? pretty sick, they can have their pick of the FAs.

[Spurs Brazil]

He would be perfect in San Antonio.

[coyotes_geek]

mavs still have their MLE? pretty sick, they can have their pick of the FAs.

Depends on the FA and what they're looking for. If Brewer wants playing time, I don't think there's any doubt that the Spurs have more of it to offer than the mavs do. If Brewer just wants to get paid to sit on the bench, then the mavs are probably more appealing to him.

Also, need to keep in mind that Cuban is already looking at having to cut a $13 mil check for being over the lux tax. While the mavs do have their full MLE, anyone they sign with it ends up costing Cuban double.

[k_nguyen93]

mavs still have their MLE? pretty sick, they can have their pick of the FAs.

I checked Cuban's Twitter and it's full of people requesting he sign Sasha Pavlovic for the rest of the season

[tmtcsc]

What's the scoop on this guy ? His stats aren't outstanding and he played on a bad team. What gives ? Is it his defense ? Can he finish at the rim ?

[SenorSpur]

Look at the clubs this guy has been stuck on: Minny and NY for a couple of days. He simply tried and had to do things (like score) that he is not accustomed to doing on those bad teams. Put him on a team like the spurs where his main job is defense and I have a good feeling he will do pretty well.

There isn't any question about it.

Brewer is already competent defensive player. He's long, athletic and coachable. Too bad he's been on crappy teams throughout the first few years of his career. Imagine how much better he would be with some proper coaching and technique.

People rag on him claiming he can't shoot. However his outside shot is significantly better than it was when he came in. He's not ready to challenge Ray Allen to a 3-pt shooting contest, but he can hit open shots on the perimeter.

Bottom line, the kid is 24 years old, a true SF and has a few seasons of NBA experience under his belt. He's arguably better than any other SF we could get on the open market or in next year's draft. Butler may be better in some respects and more experienced. However, Brewer is more athletic, has more upside. Can't go wrong with either, but I'd take Brewer over Butler. This is an absolute no-brainer.

[TampaDude]

He would be perfect in San Antonio.

Yup...he's not really a scorer, but we have plenty of scorers...we really need another stopper to boost our perimeter defense. Brewer is a perfect fit for the Spurs.

[Bartleby]

Also, need to keep in mind that Cuban is already looking at having to cut a $13 mil check for being over the lux tax. While the mavs do have their full MLE, anyone they sign with it ends up costing Cuban double.

On the one hand I could see Cuban going after Brewer largely to keep him away from the Spurs, but on the other hand I have trouble seeing him s out $4 million (or more) to do that.

[TampaDude]

If we do get Brewer, are fans of other teams going to start screaming COLLUSION???

[SenorSpur]

What's the scoop on this guy ? His stats aren't outstanding and he played on a bad team. What gives ? Is it his defense ? Can he finish at the rim ?

Here's the book on Brewer, according to Hoopshype:

http://hoopshype.com/players/corey_brewer.htm

Oustanding athleticism...Pretty long...Good defender...Has improved jump shot a lot.

[coyotes_geek]

What's the scoop on this guy ? His stats aren't outstanding and he played on a bad team. What gives ? Is it his defense ? Can he finish at the rim ?

It's all about his youth, size and defense. He's not a good offensive player at all. But on a team that already has enough guys who are good offensively and mediocre/subpar defensively, Brewer would make a good compliment.

[coyotes_geek]

On the one hand I could see Cuban going after Brewer largely to keep him away from the Spurs, but on the other hand I have trouble seeing him s out $4 million (or more) to do that.

I tend to agree. Plus, I think playing time is going to be more important than money to Brewer. The next contract he gets is going to be largely based on what he does the rest of this season + playoffs, and sitting on the mavs bench watching Marion & Peja play doesn't help him.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

One fly in the ointment - he has a lot to learn to master the system enough to become a rotation player this year, and last year he looked totally lost in the Triangle. I'm not high on his BB IQ, which means he'd be unlikely to play much this year.

Also, he's a horrible offensive player.

[tmtcsc]

For all those wanting to send him a note on Twitter, its coreybrewer22. Sorry if that was already posted.

[Buddy Holly]

I checked Cuban's Twitter and it's full of people requesting he sign Sasha Pavlovic for the rest of the season

Wait, how do you check to see what people are twitting a certain person?

[Budkin]

Wait, how do you check to see what people are twitting a certain person?

http://twitter.com/#!/search/coreybrewer22

[k_nguyen93]

Go to search bar at top of Twitter.com

Type in @account name

Ex. @coreybrewer22
Ex #2. @mcuban

[coyotes_geek]

One fly in the ointment - he has a lot to learn to master the system enough to become a rotation player this year, and last year he looked totally lost in the Triangle. I'm not high on his BB IQ, which means he'd be unlikely to play much this year.

Also, he's a horrible offensive player.

That's certainly a concern, but I think a guy in Brewer's situation would have an easier time of things, given the role the Spurs would be looking for him to fill. I would think it would be a little easier on a guy when all you'd be asking him to do was provide some quality minutes of man to man defense. The Spurs wouldn't be asking a lot from him offensively and I don't think the Spurs defense is as complicated for the wing players as it is on the bigs.

[SenorSpur]

One fly in the ointment - he has a lot to learn to master the system enough to become a rotation player this year, and last year he looked totally lost in the Triangle. I'm not high on his BB IQ, which means he'd be unlikely to play much this year.

Also, he's a horrible offensive player.

I think that's a bit much. He was a horrible offensive player when he came into the league. The guy can now hit open shots. His offense still needs improvement, but I wouldn't classify him nowhere near horrible.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Wow he would be a great pick up just for his defense alone.
I liked watching him when he played at Florida, haven't paid much attention to him in the NBA. Get him with the great players and coaches here in SA, and its a win.