Corey Wayne Brewer (born March 5, 1986, in Portland, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He formerly played small forward for the Florida Gators, where he starred on the men's basketball team which won both the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments, as well as the 2005, 2006, and 2007 SEC Tournament. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 NCAA tournament. Br...
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Corey Wayne Brewer (born March 5, 1986, in Portland, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He formerly played small forward for the Florida Gators, where he starred on the men's basketball team which won both the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments, as well as the 2005, 2006, and 2007 SEC Tournament. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 NCAA tournament. Brewer is 6'9" and weighs 185 lbs. On December 1, 2008, it was announced that Brewer had sustained an ACL tear and would miss the rest of the 2008–09 NBA season.
Brewer attended Portland High School in Portland, Tennessee, where he was named TSSAA class 2A "Mr.Basketball" in 2004 and McDonald's All American in his senior year. He averaged 29.4 points and 12.8 rebounds a game his final season. His high school coach was Tris Kington.
He was projected by ESPN.com's Chad Ford to be a lottery pick to mid-first round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft if he...
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