COREY WAYNE BREWER

Position:   Shooting Guard And Small Forward
Height:      6-9
Weight:     188
Born:         March 5, 1986

NBA Teams:    Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, 
                          Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings


COLLEGE YEARS

Brewer accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2004 to 2007. Brewer was one of four key freshman who had a dramatic impact on the Gators' fortunes over the next three seasons. Propelled by the 2004 class, the Gators would win the first three SEC basketball tournament championships in team history (2005, 2006, 2007), and two back-to-back NCAA Tournament national championships (2006, 2007) with the same starting line-up.

Brewer recorded the first triple-double in Gators team history on December 18, 2005, posting 15 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.


PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Drafted: No. 7 overall in 2007 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In December 2008, Brewer had sustained an ACL tear and would miss the rest of the 2008–09 NBA season. 

On February 22, 2011, Brewer was traded to the New York Knicks. On March 3, 2011, Brewer signed a three-year, $8 million contract with the Dallas Mavericks.] He went on to win his first NBA Championship with the Mavericks when they defeated the Miami Heat in six games in the 2011 NBA Finals.

On December 13, 2011, Brewer was traded to the Denver Nuggets.

On July 12, 2013, Brewer signed a reported three-year, $15 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, returning to the franchise for a second time.

On April 11, 2014, Brewer scored a career-high 51 points in a 112–110 win over the Houston Rockets. In doing so he joined Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Rick Barry as the only players to record 50-plus points and 6-plus steals in one game. He also tied Kevin Love's then-franchise record for most points in a game. 

On December 19, 2014, Brewer was acquired by the Houston Rockets in a three-team trade that also involved the Timberwolves and the Philadelphia 76ers.[15] Three days later, he made his debut for the Rockets against the Portland Trail Blazers. In just under 23 minutes of action off the bench, he recorded 12 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 1 block in a 110–95 win.

On February 21, 2015, he recorded season-highs of 26 points and 10 rebounds in a 98–76 win over the Toronto Raptors.

During 2015 NBA Playoffs of the Semi-conference finals, Brewer score 19 points, grab 10 rebounds and 2 assist off the bench leading the Rockets to decisive victory over Clippers in game 6 that ultimately came back with a 3-1 defeat and head to the Western Conference Finals.

On July 14, 2015, Brewer re-signed with the Rockets to a three-year, $23.4 million contract. On January 22, 2016, he picked up the team's starting small forward role. On February 4, in his ninth start of the season, Brewer scored a season-high 24 points in a 111–105 win over the Phoenix Suns.

On February 23, 2017, Brewer was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. 

On March 3, 2018, Brewer signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. On March 16, 2018, he scored 22 points and matched a career high with six steals in a 121–113 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

On January 15, 2019, Brewer signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. On January 25, he signed a second 10-day contract with the 76ers.  

On February 8, 2019, Brewer signed a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings. He went on to sign a second 10-day contract on February 18, and a rest-of-season contract on February 28. After spending the whole of the 2019–20 NBA season (before it was suspended) as a free agent, Brewer re-signed with the Kings on June 23, 2020 prior to the planned resumption of the season.

On November 16, 2020, the New Orleans Pelicans hired Brewer as player development coach, at the same time announcing his retirement from the NBA.



CURRENT (as of November 2021)

Corey Brewer, Assistant Coach for Player Development for the New Orleans Pelicans.

 
Source:  www.en.wikipedia.org  and  www.nba.com/pelicans