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Do you miss Ronnie Brewer?

Do you miss Ronnie Brewer?

  • yes

    Votes: 13 27.1%

  • no

    Votes: 35 72.9%
  • Total voters
    48
  • Poll closed .
Sorry, no. Sure, he was the little engine that could, but I remember before the draft hearing a familiar local head coach talking about prospects and he told the guy about Ronnie's messed up arm, and when the Jazz drafted him, I was worried about his ability to shoot. Actually, the fact that he made it at all is miraculous, and getting another contract shows what you can do if you put your mind to it, but that arm really put a low ceiling on his potential. Man, imagine if he hadn't had that accident, he would have been a star.
 
Really? I like Brewer, but he's nowhere close to a favorite. Problem with Brewer is he's a SG who can't shoot. It's a fatal flaw at his position.
 
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.
 
Soft and can't shoot at all. What's to miss? I guess his gambles that paid off looked pretty sweet or when defenses guarded him like he could shoot.
 
I personally wouldn't mind him on this years team but I can't say I miss him. Maybe Gameface misses him.
 
My fondness memory of him is I think it was his rookie year (and of course he never saw the court in sloans system), and the jazz were at home against the nuggets. I believe AK was in foul trouble or something and Ronnie got to guard Carmello. Brewer came in and played excellent defense on him and he basically won us the game.

Great to watch the guy when he was with the Jazz, I was bummed when they traded him, want him back? Not on this years team. If the Jazz were full of veterans and were actually looking to make a contending run I would love to have him back as a 2nd or 3rd string swingman.
 
Kyoto said:
My fondness memory of him is I think it was his rookie year (and of course he never saw the court in sloans system), and the jazz were at home against the nuggets. I believe AK was in foul trouble or something and Ronnie got to guard Carmello. Brewer came in and played excellent defense on him and he basically won us the game.

Great to watch the guy when he was with the Jazz, I was bummed when they traded him, want him back? Not on this years team. If the Jazz were full of veterans and were actually looking to make a contending run I would love to have him back as a 2nd or 3rd string swingman.
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Brewer never saw the court in sloan's system? That's news to me
 
DutchJazzer said:
ronnie brewer was more of a product of sloan system and deron williams.
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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.
 
LogGrad98 said:
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.
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Good points. Very true. Let's not forget about the underachieving wings like Chris Morris.
 
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.
 
Two words guys.

Pillow. Fort.

If you don't miss that on your team, something is clearly deficient in your little world.
 
Strangely, Ronnie Brewer's the player I've missed most as a Jazz fan (only since '03). Yes, he was flawed and a not a key piece, but he was a smart and enthusiastic player who brought it fairly consistently. There wasn't a wing in the league who worked the baseline like Ronnie.
 
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