The Story for Corey: Why Brewer Will Have a Breakout Season in Minnesota

Corey Brewer was drafted seventh overall in the 2007 NBA draft. He was subjected to a harsh torn ACL, in the same fashion that Al Jefferson was subjected to.

His contributions during his rookie season differed, but he was still a very solid rookie.

Brewer averaged a measley 6.2 PPG in his sophomore season and 5.2 PPG in his rookie season. However, there is a huge difference in his percentages.

As a rookie, Brewer had 37.4 field goal percentage, and as a sophomore, Corey Brewer had 41.1 field goal percentage. Brewer went from shooting 19.4 percent from beyond the three-point line his rookie season to a 41.7 three-point percentage the next year.

Brewer is known as being very, very competitive. Scouts used to to say that in five-on-five situations, Brewer hates to lose, and gives it his all.

Watching the top 20 games of the 2008-'09 season really gave me a flashback as to what he can do.

He's a absolutely great defender, and uses his height and lateral quickness to his advantage.

In an amazing performance against Tony Parker, who scored 44 points prior to Brewer guarding him, Parker was absolutely hesitant to do anything with the ball.

Despite Parker scoring twice on two floaters afterwards, Brewer was able to keep up with one of the fastest point guards in the NBA.

He also hit a clutch midrange jumper, and hit his free throws.

Why Corey Brewer Will Have a Breakout Season

The Timberwolves are in desperate needs of another wing, and some people are seriously counting out Brewer because of his injury recovery.

Despite playing incredibly rusty during the summer league, Brewer left on a great note with a 20-point performance.

Brewer is going to be a great player next season, due to David Kahn's plea for a Run and Gun style. Right now, Brewer is the only solid wing that can run without the ball on the roster.

Brewer can also dish the ball when given the chance. In fact, he was the only player in Florida Gators history to pull off a triple double in points, rebounds, and assists.

Brewer is a lockdown defender, and has amazing instincts when it comes to stealing the ball.

Kurt Rambis, Phil Jackson's right hand man, was recently hired as the new head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rambis will help Brewer in the player development field, and they both are and were incredible scrappy-like players.

Corey Brewer is going to play a lot of minutes next year, something that he did not get to do much in his previous seasons.

With only one true shooting guard in Wayne Ellington, and only one solid small forward in Ryan Gomes, Brewer will likely get time at both positions, and could possibly start if he develops into the player he once was.

Corey Brewer can hit three pointers, as he showed with a high three-point percentage last season. If he can shoot at that level (41.5 percent) throughout the whole season, or even in the mid-30s, then our frontcourt will almost be complete.

This year, the Timberwolves drafted Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn, and Wayne Ellington. While all three are great players, we do not need two rookies in the frontcourt. I would very much prefer a Ricky Rubio-Brewer lineup. That's a very tall and very good defensive frontcourt, and one to be reckoned with.

Brewer defends in an absolute tenacioius manner. He has a Ron Artest feel, looking to shut his man down every time he steps on the court. With a possible Brewer-Gomes lineup, we have two very good defenders on the wings.

Brewer's not afraid to defend the opposing team's "franchise" player. He's often been seen shutting down the likes of Paul Pierce and making things really hard for players like Brandon Roy.

Despite the injury, a player of Brewer's caliber is rare. A 6'9'' defender with tremendous upside.

If Brewer gets a lot of minutes, and a lot of praise from Rambis (very likely), then he will definitely excel. He could average around 10 points, four boards, two assists, and one steal. But the things that he does outside of the stat sheet will benefit the Wolves, too.

In layman's terms: Kurt Rambis should let Corey Brewer play a lot of minutes. It's going to be ugly at first, but it will pay off in the long run.

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