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NBA: 25 Worst Individual Seasons Of The 3-Point Era

By Phil Watson

Feb 5, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay (0) drives to the net against Chicago Bulls forward Tony Snell (20) in the third quarter at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets defeated the Bulls 115-110. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 5, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay (0) drives to the net against Chicago Bulls forward Tony Snell (20) in the third quarter at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets defeated the Bulls 115-110. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /
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UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 20: Basketball: Minnesota Timberwolves Corey Brewer (22) in action vs Milwaukee Bucks Royal Ivey (12) during preseason, Milwaukee, WI 10/20/2007 (Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X78937 TK1 R7 F111)
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 20: Basketball: Minnesota Timberwolves Corey Brewer (22) in action vs Milwaukee Bucks Royal Ivey (12) during preseason, Milwaukee, WI 10/20/2007 (Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X78937 TK1 R7 F111) /

86. Experience: Rookie, Florida. SF. 2007-08 Minnesota Timberwolves. Corey Brewer. 20. player

Corey Brewer was coming off consecutive national championships at Florida and had just been crowned the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player two months before he was taken seventh overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2007 NBA Draft.

This would be the Timberwolves team that just traded franchise icon Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics and were embarking upon a rebuild.

Brewer started 35 games at the small forward spot for Minnesota that season and played in 79 in all, getting almost 23 minutes a night for a team that went from bad (32-50) to worse (22-60).

Brewer’s per game numbers looked like those of a kid in way over his head:

Age Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% eFG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
21 SF 79 35 22.8 2.3 6.2 .374 0.1 0.5 .194 .382 1.1 1.4 .800 3.7 1.4 1.0 0.3 1.1 2.4 5.8

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/15/2015.

And his advanced numbers:

G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48
79 1803 8.3 .429 .074 .226 5.1 13.9 9.4 9.1 2.2 1.1 14.3 15.6 -1.4 1.2 -0.2 -0.005

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/15/2015.

But Brewer did get better, playing a bit part for the Dallas Mavericks late in the 2010-11 season to earn a championship ring and spending time with the Denver Nuggets before returning to Minnesota in 2013. He was dealt to the Houston Rockets in the middle of the 2014-15 season, helping them to the conference finals, and re-signed with them to a three-year deal in July 2015.

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