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Brewer's game putting him in the Jazz mix
on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 02:45 PM
By: Tim Buckley
Taylorsville, UT - He has a funky, awkward stroke because his right arm
snapped in two during a water-slide accident when he was in the fourth grade.
Ronnie Brewer's attitude about the sore subject, though, is that critics
won't care what his shot looks like as long as it falls.
No wonder there has been so little negative talk about the Utah Jazz rookie's
bad break, and so much positive banter about his future, since the Rocky
Mountain Revue summer league began last Friday.
Brewer, selected No. 14 overall in last month's NBA draft, was hitting a
Revue-best 62.2 percent from the field (28-of-45) through his first four
summer games. The University of Arkansas product also was averaging 17.8
points before Thursday, third-highest -- behind Atlanta's Marvin Williams and
Philadelphia's Louis Williams -- among those playing at least four Revue games.
"He's showing signs that he has the ability to play in this league,"
Jazz assistant Tyrone Corbin said after coaching Utah's summer team to a 77-56
win over Atlanta on Thursday. "He's certainly not where he needs to be as far
as developing or understanding the game, but he's shown some signs he can be
a good player."
Natural athleticism is chief among them.
Brewer, son of ex-Razorbacks star and retired NBA player Ron Brewer,
displayed just that Thursday.
He scored only eight points on 4-of-7 shooting in 17 minutes, but a couple of
plays in particular showed why the swingman is lauded for his graceful zip.
One started with a nifty anticipation steal, and ended with a soaring slam.
The other was an alley-oop reverse dunk, fed by big man Rafael Araujo.
It was exciting acrobatic stuff, the sort of which Utahns accustomed to head
coach Jerry Sloan's old-school ways don't often see in these parts.
"He's kind of aware of where he is on the floor," Corbin said. "He can
defend guys smaller than he is -- he can defend guys a little bigger than he
is also."
The 6-foot-7 Brewer is out to prove he can be a rotation regular for Sloan.
But the Jazz -- who also have swingmen Andrei Kirilenko, Matt Harpring,
Gordan Giricek, C.J. Miles and newly acquired combo guard Derek Fisher --
aren't quite sure yet if it will be more as an off guard or a small forward.
"Until you get all the main guys out there and see how it comes together,
it's difficult to tell," Corbin said. "But he's showing signs he can play on
the perimeter, he can play with his back to the basket a little bit, he can
run. So, who knows?"
Brewer, for one, senses that after five summer-league games he's doing at
least some of what it takes to be noticed.
"I knew at first I was going to be anxious and nervous," he said. "But once
I got into it, got relaxed and got comfortable, I started playing my style
and started playing my game, and the shot started falling down."
Which is all it takes to keep the naysayers at arm's length.
Note: CREDIT: Associated Press
http://www.arsnonline.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article
&sid=3076
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