Any of you NCAA junkies know much about him?

I've seen parts of a few Florida games, and of course seen him on SportsCenter, and I'm impressed with what I've seen.

I'm hoping that he's available when the Pistons pick in the 15 to 22 range in the first round with that Orlando pick.

NBADraft.net currently has him slotted at #13, but if he has a good tournament on a high profile Florida team, his stock may rise.

What do you guys think about him as a pro?

If it's who I think it is, the point guard, I remember him more from last year, thinking that they won despite him.
I think he's the least likely of that team to make it in the NBA, and that he benefits from having big men (Horford and Noah) who are GREAT "hands" guys, who can catch, and pass, very well, and gobble up alot of loose balls for ectra points.
I think Brewer benefits from the system. Very Cleaves- like, to me.

Not who you are thinking of.

Just read his profile there. sounds like a good player, but 6'8" 185? Yikes, that is thin. Prince is 215 and he's rail thin.

They are projecting a PG to us right now that his NBA comparison is Billups.

From what I have seen, Brewer is lightning quick and uber athletic.

While NBADraft.net compares him to James Posey, he reminds me more of Josh Howard (no disrespect).

I'm hoping that he could be our long-needed future backup for Tay.

Givony has him at #10, with his NBA comparison as none other than, Tayshaun Prince: http://www.hoopshype.com/draft.htm

That Acie Law sounds interesting with our pick. I haven't seen A&M play, but I'd like to see them to watch that guy and see if he is our answer at backup PG.

www.nbadraft.net

15. *Detroit Corey Brewer 6-8 185 SF Florida Jr.


This would be boner-rific.

I think I would still prefer Law over Brewer. That weight scares me, plus backup swingmen can be had on the FA market.

Law is going to be long gone by the time we pick, IMO.

Brewer might be too.

If Law keeps playing like he has been, especially in the tournament, some team that needs a PG is going to jump up and get him.

I suppose it depends on where Orlando ends up, and definately his tourney showing.

Most of the teams in the 7-15 range might not need a PG as much as other needs:

Phoenix (from ATL) - Nash, Barbosa
Portland - Jack, Roy Dickau
Sactown - Bibby, but might be gone soon (could use a PG, or any postion really)
Chicago (from NY) - Hinrich, Gordon, Duhon
Golden State - Baron, Jasikevicius (could use a PG, but need a big more)
Minny - Could use anything besides PF
Clippers - could use a swingman/backup big more
New jersey - if they had traded Kidd, yes.

So Sactown and Minny would certainly look at Law for sure, and possibly a couple more teams. We need Orlando to lose some games.

I suppose it depends on where Orlando ends up, and definately his tourney showing.

Most of the teams in the 7-15 range might not need a PG as much as other needs:

Phoenix (from ATL) - Nash, Barbosa
Portland - Jack, Roy Dickau
Sactown - Bibby, but might be gone soon (could use a PG, or any postion really)
Chicago (from NY) - Hinrich, Gordon, Duhon
Golden State - Baron, Jasikevicius (could use a PG, but need a big more)
Minny - Could use anything besides PF
Clippers - could use a swingman/backup big more
New jersey - if they had traded Kidd, yes.

So Sactown and Minny would certainly look at Law for sure, and possibly a couple more teams. We need Orlando to lose some games.

Depends on the extent of Livingston's injury.

You guys are right

Brewer is lightning quick and athletic
a little under-weight but thats a trade off for being so quick i guess

I guess they only problem off the top of my head is that he's not exactly a streaky shooter, but when he's cold he is COLD

Florida plays at 7:30 tomorrow if you want to watch Brewer. Texas A&M plays at 6 Friday if you want to see Law in action. unfortunately I will be on the road during both games. If anyone catches either game a recap of those two players would be nice.

Clark Kellogg was on ESPN Radio this morning, when asked who he would predict as the tourney's Most Outstanding Player when it is all said and done, after reading him the top 6-7 favorites (Oden, Conley, Green, Noah, Horford, Hibbert, etc.) Kellogg said, "I'm going with Corey Brewer, who I think is going to be instrumental in the Gators winning it all".

As much as I liked hearing this, that would mean that the Pistons would have no shot at Brewer still being on the board.

I've never been good in predicting which college players would be good in the pros. That being said, I'm not that impressed by Brewer. He's tall and quick, but I feel like Tayshaun could flatten him. Tay uses his body very well, and can even back down much stronger players. I feel like Brewer will be killed if he drives the lane in the pros.

I've never been good in predicting which college players would be good in the pros. That being said, I'm not that impressed by Brewer. He's tall and quick, but I feel like Tayshaun could flatten him. Tay uses his body very well, and can even back down much stronger players. I feel like Brewer will be killed if he drives the lane in the pros.

i think your right, which is why i see him playing more of a 2, a sg that cant shoot. but neither could latrell.

I think I would still prefer Law over Brewer. That weight scares me, plus backup swingmen can be had on the FA market.

Yea just look at Flip Murray... [smilie=heatsmiley2:

But this season, we won't have the money to spend, retaining Webber, Billups, and Johnson is key. So its looking like Ronald X2 and Delfino again next year, unless we draft someone like Brewer or Rush etc.

I'd prefer a point guard or big man with the orlando pick, and then take a wing player no matter what with our own pick... and there will be guys like Alando Tucker, Brandon Rush, Arron Afflalo, Trey Johnson available.

Speaking of not being able to guess which players are going to be good at the next level...

I don't understand why Afflalo isn't getting any love. I heard some analyst say that he'll be a late late first round pick to early second. WTF is that all about? He's one of the top 5 players in the country. He's not that short, and he can shoot. The guy should be lottery in my opinion.

63. Arron Afflalo SG 6-5 210 21 UCLA Second round to undrafted

:chad:

Well... I shouldn't be too discouraged since that's coming from the same guy as:

"I know the Cavs have to pick LeBron James, but Darko might be the better player in the long run. DARKO DARKO DARKO!!!!! Aww Yeeah. [smilie=bj.gif]"

A little more on Brewer.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/SPORTS/703280375/1002/SPORTS


Family concerns nearly sent Brewer into NBA

BY DAVID JONES
FLORIDA TODAY

GAINESVILLE - He wanted to leave, for his father.

Corey Brewer thought long and hard about his ill dad back home in Tennessee and wanted to take care of him. Florida had just won a national title, the deadline was approaching to make a decision to turn pro or return for his junior year. The truth be told, he thought he was going to leave -- along with fellow sophomores Joakim Noah and Al Horford.

"We were expected to go pro," Brewer said. "I was expected to go pro, too. After you win a national championship some people feel like that's the hottest you can get on the draft market, but we looked at the big picture. We're trying to get better. We don't just want to get to the league, we want to actually be able to do something when we get there."

While everyone around them speculated, Brewer said the trio never really discussed the issue until they won the national title. They were focused on winning the next game during the NCAA Tournament.

"We didn't even think about it until the end of the year," he said. "We didn't even talk together. We knew everybody was talking about it (but) we didn't really come together until after the season was over."

They finally got together just before the Gators' national championship celebration in Gainesville. The truth? Brewer wasn't even sure when sitting in UF coach Billy Donovan's office that he was doing the right thing.

"Right before we talked to Coach, that was the moment we sat down. . . . We still weren't sure until we got in the room with Coach and we all decided," Brewer said. "I don't think we were all on the same page at the time, we all were leaning in different directions. I was like kind of, go. Then Jo would be . . . go, then Al would be . . . go. Then the next day I would be like, I don't think we should go but then somebody else would say go. But in the end we were all on the same page, we said, 'Let's come back.'

"I still wasn't sure (about the final decision) until we sat down in the office. I wasn't sure until after the deal and that's when you had to be sure. You're never going to be sure until you find out what happens. No regrets. You make a decision, you've got to live with it."

It's paid off. Florida (33-5) plays UCLA (30-5) in the second semifinal game at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Saturday with the winner advancing to Monday's national title game in Atlanta. It's a chance to become the first team since Duke in 1991-92 to win two straight titles in Division I men's basketball.

In the back of Brewer's mind remains concerns about his father, Ellis, who is fighting diabetes.

"That was the biggest temptation for me was my family and my father being in such bad health," he said. "I talked to my parents and they were like, 'Do what you feel. It doesn't matter. Don't worry about us, we'll be fine.'

"That was real important, what my dad said. He said, 'Do what you feel, don't worry about me. I made it this long, I can make it.' It was kind of good to hear that from him. . . . I just want to be able to take care of him one day."

Brewer pauses and looks down. It's a concern that undoubtedly has stayed with him.

"It was real hard, but you've got to do a lot of soul searching. You've got to look deep inside and see if it's the right thing to do or not. . . . Hopefully, everything will work out," he said.

Brewer, who became UF's all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament play with 14 points in Sunday's 85-77 regional win against Oregon, readily admits if one of the other two had decided to bolt Gainesville, he would have been right behind them.

"If one of us would have went, we all would have gone," he said. "You can ask either one of them and they'll probably tell you the same. If one of us would have left, if one of us would have said, 'I'm gone,' the others would have said, 'We're gone, too.' "

It is that closeness that helped the Gators win the school's national title. They want to do it again so that closeness remains for one more year.

"The reason we won was because of the relationship we have together and all four of us (including guard Taurean Green, who always planned to return), I think, it was a good decision we came back," Brewer said.

But he waits anxiously for the day he can take care of his family. It's what he wants most but put aside so the trio could be together one more season.

"There are not a lot of people that would turn that down, an opportunity like that," Horford said. "But I think at the end of the day, Corey understands he's going to be better off coming out in the future instead of last year."

Brewer's decision to stay has certainly paid off for the Gators.

"I feel like Corey's the heart and soul of the team," Noah said. "Everybody's kind of like the heart and soul in their own certain way, but Corey's such a big part of our offense and our defense and he's just funny to watch, too. We call him 'Buck-Wild Basketball.' He's just wild. He's reaching all the time. He's 6-9 and lanky. He's just funny to watch run."

In all likelihood, fans will be watching Brewer next year in the NBA. But he'll always have the memory of winning a national title, coming back, and making it to the Final Four a second time.

"It was a lot harder this year just because night in and night out, we get everybody's best shot," Brewer said. "And people play us totally different. Every game is trying to figure out a way to beat us. So we have to adjust. And this has been really tough. But it's been rewarding."

A decade or so down the road, he agrees he will look back on the past two years and marvel at what really happened and feel proud -- and glad he sacrificed.

"I kind of think about it," Brewer said. "That's why we came back to school for another year because we knew we could never get this back again -- just being together, being on the same team, having the bond of living together. In 10 years, it's going to be a lot of fun to get together and laugh."

I like Brewer's game. That comparison to Billups a page or two back was way off though. He came up huge in the Elite 8 game at times. That block was an exclamation point and statement.

He's much more like Tayshaun than Billups, that's for sure.

Damn impressive last night.

That block was very Tayshaun-esque.

I'm thinking that he's going top 10, and if he doesn't, he should.

Damn impressive last night.

That block was very Tayshaun-esque.

I'm thinking that he's going top 10, and if he doesn't, he should.
He cost Afflalo a small fortune and another year in school last night.

Dude plays exactly Josh Howard, only without the whole choking in the clutch thing.

Kind of reminds me of Iguodala too.

Damn.


After talking with some NBA types Sunday, the consensus seems to be that Florida’s Corey Brewer was the best player in town this weekend not already on a NBA roster. I’m not kidding. Three different guys told me Sunday that everyone thinks he’s the best player in the Final Four. I disagreed of course (you take Brewer, I’ll take Oden). But I could see where his showcase in that win over UCLA would sway some people.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/hawks/entries/2007/04/02/clarity_and_so.html?cxntfid=blogs_hawks

Yeah, dude can do it all. To me he's a poor man's Kevin Durant, but still a lottery pick. You could make the case for Florida having 3 of them. Not fair.

He's filling it up tonight too. Damn.

i dont know how you can he's been the best in town. not tonight, but conley has been most impressive, in my mind. and i do have my doubts about brewer playing sf (bulk) or sg (shooting) in the nba. i have no doubt he'll eventually be fine, but he could struggle in the wrong system (ours).

I don't see how hes any different size wise than Tayshaun or Josh Howard. Defense will never be a problem with him, I see a rich man's Bruce Bowen with a more polished offensive game.

my boy, my boy

I love Brewer's game. He's got all kinds of length which is a nightmare for guards when he's defending them, he's quick as hell, great shot, and best of all he's a huge competitor. He never dogs it, he always plays hard. Love his game, would love him as a Piston.

my boy, my boy

Your boy just played himself out of a Pistons uniform. No way he slides to the 12-15 range now.