Do you miss Ronnie Brewer?

[Shad]

If you guys really miss Ronnie Brewer, you really need to check if you're a knowledgeable Jazz fan. The guy was ONLY good for cuts to the basket and half-decent defense. It was absolutely embarrassing when we'd play against teams. He'd get the ball at the top of the key and there was NOBODY in site to guard him. Everyone wants brewer to shoot just like soon-to-be this season's Andris. If we had mathews the entire time over Brewer. We could only imagine how much better we would have been.

 

[Scorpjazz]

Yeah, him in the 1st quarter was awesome. I remember watching him play and get 10 points in the first quarter off of baseline cuts. The dude was a beast in Sloan's offense with Dwill. If he had any kind of shooting ability he probably could have been an 18 ppg SG for us.

Do I want him back, hell no. He was fun to watch though and was a great fit for the team we had at the time. He was also unplayable in the playoffs most of the time because teams were able to learn how to stop the one way he scored and just ignored him all the other times.

Perfect

 

[Gameface]

I personally wouldn't mind him on this years team but I can't say I miss him. Maybe Gameface misses him.

At first I was like WTF, then I was like, ohh. But seriously, I don't miss him. I cringed every time he went for a shot.

I did think the Utah Jazz having a Boozer and a Brewer on the team was funny.

 

[GVC]

If you guys really miss Ronnie Brewer, you really need to check if you're a knowledgeable Jazz fan

Or maybe you're a complete ****ing moron.

Maybe you missed the last 2 seasons. Having players who give a ****, and know how to play team ball makes for entertaining basketball. Even with his flaws, Ronnie was an integral part of the most efficient offense in the league in 07/08. I think most Jazz fans placed far too much blame on AK and Brewer for Utah's inability to get past the Lakers (who were an incredible team).

 

[Hitman]

Sometimes I look to his pictures and cry silently. I'll build a shrine.

In the shape of a pillow fort?

 

[ema]

At first I was like WTF, then I was like, ohh. But seriously, I don't miss him. I cringed every time he went for a shot.

I did think the Utah Jazz having a Boozer and a Brewer on the team was funny.

Hahaha. Btw, I totally forgot about Boozer, it was indeed funny.

 

[ema]

In the shape of a pillow fort?

Mantis, man, still the same avatar? It scares the hell out of me. Actually it doesn't scare of course but it's kinda disgusting, it might not be giving people the best imprint of you.

 

[DutchJazzer]

He was good for about 10 easy points a game off backdoor cuts. If CJ Miles added that slashing to his game, he would be a borderline All Star instead of a mediocre chucker. If Hayward adds that to his game, he will be a Top 25 player in the league. I wouldn't mind Brewer back in a Jazz uniform, but that Hamstring tear/pull he had in Memphis seems to have ruined his career.

nah it aint ruined his carreer.
he is a stystem player who thrives of a point guard.
the system in memphis and ny was not for his gam

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Just because you miss him doesn't mean you want him back.

Just remember the good times y'all. One year I think he was 2nd overall in dunks only behind Dwight Howard. The dude was fun to watch at times.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Or maybe you're a complete ****ing moron.

Maybe you missed the last 2 seasons. Having players who give a ****, and know how to play team ball makes for entertaining basketball. Even with his flaws, Ronnie was an integral part of the most efficient offense in the league in 07/08. I think most Jazz fans placed far too much blame on AK and Brewer for Utah's inability to get past the Lakers (who were an incredible team).

He was a great regular season player, but an awful playoff one. Teams were able to figure him out, cut-off his production, and expose his flaws.

 

[GVC]

He was a great regular season player, but an awful playoff one. Teams were able to figure him out, cut-off his production, and expose his flaws.

His production didn't really dip much in the 07/08 playoffs.

Sure, in 08/09 it did, but the Jazz were without Memo (started Jarron Collins for the first 3 games; Memo played limited, low quality minutes in the last couple), and started AK at the other wing for 3 of the 5 games. A hobbled Jazz team had no shot against the Lakers, and few Jazz players played well that series.

Not sure that 5 game stretch under those circumstances is enough to label Ronnie an "awful" playoff performer, especially since his playoff production the year before was pretty much in line with his regular season production (with reasonable adjustment for better competition in the playoffs).

 

[silesian]

fact check....

This. Brewer was, and maybe was the last, in a long line of overachieving so-so wings produced by the Sloan system and the lynch-pin PG position. Shandon Anderson, Blue Edwards, Carey Scurry, for example, and even making people like Milt Palacio look like viable NBA players.

I agree with the point regarding Shandon & Blue.... but a few problems with this:

1. Scurry never played for Sloan
2. Palacio was a point, not a wing
2. Palacio was so viable that he never played in the NBA after his one awful season for the Jazz. His career Offensive Win Shares is negative.

 

[silesian]

I do miss Ronny, despite his flaws. I believe his career dropped once opponents figured out the formula for defending him (stay between him and the bucket at all costs and let him have open mid-range and long shots). It is clear that kevin wants shooters and perimeter defenders above all else and he does not prioritize slashers. To my mind, that is why the big question mark with Trey for success in the Jazz system will be his perimeter D.