Wolves Sign Free Agent Corey Brewer
The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed free agent forward/guard Corey Brewer. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
"We are excited to bring Corey Brewer back to the Timberwolves," said Flip Saunders, Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations. "Corey is a quality defender and has improved his all-around game during his six years in the NBA. We think he will fit our system really well and we look forward to watching him in a Wolves uniform again."
In 2012-13, Brewer, 29, averaged 12.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 82 games for Denver. He tallied 20+ points 11 times, including a career-high 29 points in a win vs. Philadelphia on March 21. In six playoff games with the Nuggets, Brewer averaged 12.8 points and 1.8 rebounds.
Brewer was drafted by the Timberwolves in the first round (7th overall) of the 2007 NBA Draft. In his six seasons in the NBA with Minnesota (2007-11), Dallas (2011) and Denver (2011-13), Brewer has averaged 9.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 386 games (168 starts).
In his rookie season with the Wolves in 2005-06, Brewer appeared in 79 games and averaged 5.8 points and a career-high 3.7 rebounds. He only played in 15 games in 2008-09 due to a knee injury.
Brewer came back in 2009-10 to have one of his best seasons, averaging a career-high 13.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He was traded by the Wolves to New York on Feb. 22, 2011 as part of a three-team trade. He was waived by the Knicks and signed with Dallas on March 3 for the remainder of the season. Dallas traded Brewer to Denver prior to the 2011-12 season.