Cory Brewer Signs a Multi-Year With The Mavs Over Several Other Contenders

I guess some teams think he's pretty good.

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I know he got hurt

but never lived up to his college hype. He can’t shoot but I thought he would be a lockdown defender coming out of school.

by PV Mike on Mar 3, 2011 1:47 PM PST reply actions

Ah Dallas

Home of only sensible, conservative, smart signings. The last NBA bastion of consistently really carefully considered spending.

Jax doesn’t really think Brewer is any good though, otherwise he would be expressing disappointment the Clippers didn’t get him. Its not like the Clippers are set at SF for the future.

Classic.

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 2:13 PM PST reply actions

Hmm - the article says:

“Brewer, a 6-foot-9, 188-pound swingman who was the seventh overall pick in the 2007 draft, drew interest from about a dozen teams after receiving a buyout from the New York Knicks this week”

A dozen teams. Multi year contract.

Interesting.

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by Jax on Mar 3, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions

Oh

So you are disappointed he isn’t a Clipper then.

Coffee is for closers Olshey.

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions

You are really adding alot to this website

Thanks for your input.

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by Jax on Mar 3, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions

Well

Which is it?

Which was your point of this oh so important and Clippers focused fanshot?

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions

I mean normally

Folks use this space to talk about players the Clippers should get or could get, etc.

I’m just trying to figure out what you are trying to say here. Should the Clippers have gotten Brewer? It would be interesting because despite the rough season it would be your first time expressing discontent with Olshey’s performance.

I’m just trying to figure out the Clippers angle here.

Or are you just here to talk about me?

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions

Nah

he’s just here to annoy. He had to post about Childress as well. For a guy who loves living on idle speculation he sure loves ignoring facts (like the guy the Clippers actually did sign, Ryan Gomes, sucks tremendously).

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by ClipperChuck on Mar 3, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions

I guess Jax doesn't know what his point was.

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 5:50 PM PST up reply actions

An NBA version of Trading Places

In the name of science and statistics, I’ll be interested in how Cory does. How much does team context matter? Well, now we get another case study.

My guess is that a winning culture will moderately boost his game. $8M for 3 years isn’t anything outrageous.

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by SilverClip on Mar 3, 2011 2:39 PM PST reply actions

For the Mavs

it is double however.

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by ClipperChuck on Mar 3, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions

Yikes, your right!

OK, so the investment is rather reckless. I’m still interested in the outcome, though.

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by SilverClip on Mar 3, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions

Is Corey a Kobe or Manu stopper?

Hmmmm…

by banandy on Mar 3, 2011 2:52 PM PST reply actions

Maybe he can get under Kobe's skin ala Dahntay Jones in 2009.

We’ll see. Would really like to see how he does outside of the Phantom Zone that is Minnesota.

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by Gordon for President on Mar 3, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions

I've heard that one before

by John R on Mar 3, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions

LOL, right

If anything, Gomes and Foye actually got worse once they left Minnesota.

Oh, and Dahantay Jones really didn’t bother Kobe all that much. Lakers won. Jones is…where?

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by mikey p on Mar 3, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah what happened to Dahntay

If I remember correctly he has a pretty decent season with Indy last season

by AtotheZ on Mar 3, 2011 4:55 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

No such thing

Nobody has ever “stopped” Kobe (other than Kobe), not even Ron Artest or the girl in Eagle, CO..

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by mikey p on Mar 3, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions

Depends on what you mean stop

the Celtics have done a great job on him. If a guy is going to shoot it that often then he’s going to score some points but if you can hold him to sub 40% shooting then he starts hurting the team.

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by ClipperChuck on Mar 3, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions

I meant one person

Yes, the Celtics frustrated the heck out of him in both Finals. There is a good scheme to contain him.

But no one player has “stopped” Kobe. Not Ruben Patterson, not Raja Bell, not Ron Artest, not Dahantay Jones.

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by mikey p on Mar 3, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

Battier and Kenyon Martin in their respective series a couple years ago against the Lakers

I remember commentators talking about how Kobe’s % were down.

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by Erik O on Mar 3, 2011 6:59 PM PST up reply actions

Battier came closest

but then the next game Kobe lights him up. Very difficult to guard Kobe.

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by mikey p on Mar 4, 2011 12:05 AM PST up reply actions

Doesn't make a lot of sense

for the Knicks to buyout Brewer. He was cheap and maybe they could have used him as a sign and trade asset and got a 2nd round pick for him. Worst case just let him walk in a few months.

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by ClipperChuck on Mar 3, 2011 3:35 PM PST reply actions

That was what I said, back in the fanpost a few days ago

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by SilverClip on Mar 3, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe D'Antoni thinks he has no use for non-shooter?

I think it’s weird, too. Oh well.

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by Gordon for President on Mar 3, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions

non-shooters*

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by Gordon for President on Mar 3, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

nor defenders

by banandy on Mar 3, 2011 4:48 PM PST up reply actions

Most buyouts don’t make sense to me.

I personally can’t stand the buyout culture.

by Michael White on Mar 3, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions

I don't understand the buyout either.

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by Jax on Mar 3, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions

Well

I can understand it if it saves the team money and they are already out of the playoffs. If you are going to just let them rot on the bench (like Sool) might as well save a few bucks. But in the Knicks case they just traded a bunch of starters and rotation players and you’d think Brewer would get some PT as a backup to Melo and Landry. Considering its a prorated rookie salary deal the savings aren’t that much for a playoff bound team.

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by ClipperChuck on Mar 3, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions

Yah I agree with that - I'd have kept the guy

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by Jax on Mar 3, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions

well

The clips wouldn’t be any better with brewer in place of gomes (if that’s what this fanshot is kinda somehow implying?). Someone that one-sided is a better fit for a contender who may or may not need those skills in certain situations (but want him on the team just in case).

I think that’s what Dallas was goin for, but aren’t they in the luxury tax penalty now? Ouch.

by indy818 on Mar 3, 2011 4:43 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Question for the amateur capologists out there

How is it that they are allowed to sign him if they are already waaaaay over the cap and don’t have Bird rights? Do the rules that apply to signing free agents in the offseason not apply to signing players waived during the season, or is there some sort of exemption at work here?

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by boltsfan21 on Mar 3, 2011 6:34 PM PST reply actions

Could they still have their Bi-Annual Exception?

That’s usually in the 2m dollar range, did they sign to that for 3 years?

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by Gordon for President on Mar 3, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions

Mid-Level Exception

The Mavs were over the cap at the end of last year so the had the mid-level exception. They didn’t use it this year yet so they were able to use a portion of it to sign Brewer.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/3/3/2028274/corey-brewer-signs-mavericks

Corey Brewer has signed a three-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks, the team announced on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that the deal is worth $7 million; the Mavericks were able to sign Brewer, a fourth-year wing, for more than the veteran’s minimum despite being over the salary cap because the team didn’t use its mid-level exception in the offseason.

by Beasel on Mar 3, 2011 7:05 PM PST up reply actions