Jim Brewer (basketball)

Jim Brewer

Personal information
Born	(1951-12-03) December 3, 1951 Maywood, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Proviso East (Maywood, Illinois)
College	Minnesota (1970–1973)
NBA draft	1973: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1973–1985
Position	Power forward
Number	52, 42, 40, 8
Career history
1973–1979	Cleveland Cavaliers
1979	Detroit Pistons
1979–1980	Portland Trail Blazers
1980–1982	Los Angeles Lakers
1982–1985	Ford / Jollycolombani Cantù
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1982) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1976, 1977) Euroleague champion (1983) Consensus second-team All-American (1973) No. 52 retired by the University of Minnesota
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,099 (5.8 ppg)
Rebounds	4,458 (6.3 rpg)
Assists	1,038 (1.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team

James Turner Brewer (born December 3, 1951) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player.

Brewer was the first notable player to come out of Proviso East High School, which has one of the most successful high school basketball programs in Illinois. In 1969, Brewer, playing center, led his team to the first of four state championships. Brewer was followed at Proviso East by other future NBA players, notably Doc Rivers, Michael Finley, Dee Brown, and Shannon Brown.

The 6'9" 210 pound forward then attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a teammate of future Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. Brewer played in the 1972 Summer Olympics, including the United States' controversial loss to the Soviet Union in the gold medal game, before being drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round (2nd pick) of the 1973 NBA draft.

Whenever Brewer scored a basket at a Cavaliers home game, the public address announcer would declare, "Two for the Brew!" Brewer played nine seasons in the NBA from 1973 to 1982. Then he played with Pallacanestro Cantù in Italian Serie A along with players as Pierluigi Marzorati and Antonello Riva with coach Giancarlo Primo. He won a Euroleague and was an Intercontinental Cup finalist.

Brewer is the uncle of former NBA player and current Los Angeles Clippers head coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers and the great uncle of Doc's son, Clippers point guard, Austin Rivers.

In 2007, the Illinois High School Association named Brewer one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament.

External links

• Template:Basketball-reference