Jim Brewer

James Turner Brewer (Jim, Brew, Papa)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 3, 1951 in Maywood, Illinois
High School: Proviso East in Maywood, Illinois
College: University of Minnesota
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1973 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1973
As Executive: MIN franchise, 1990-1992 (Full Record)
Relatives: Uncle of Doc Rivers

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 19, 2013 4:17 PM

All-Time Rank: #511. Rory Sparrow… #512. John Long… #513. Wayne Cooper… #514. JIM BREWER… #515. Blue Edwards… #516. Jim Cleamons… #517. Bo Outlaw…

All-Time Rank: #511. Rory Sparrow… #512. John Long… #513. Wayne Cooper… #514. JIM BREWER… #515. Blue Edwards… #516. Jim Cleamons… #517. Bo Outlaw…

Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1973-74	22	CLE	NBA	PF	82		1862	210	548	.383				80	123	.650	207	317	524	149	46	35		192	500
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PF	82		1991	291	639	.455				103	159	.648	205	304	509	128	77	43		150	685
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	82		2913	400	874	.458				140	214	.654	298	593	891	209	94	89		214	940
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	81		2672	296	657	.451				97	178	.545	275	487	762	195	94	82		214	689
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	80		1798	175	390	.449				46	100	.460	182	313	495	98	60	48	103	178	396
1978-79	27	TOT	NBA	PF	80		1611	141	319	.442				26	63	.413	159	316	475	87	61	66	97	174	308
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PF	55		1301	114	259	.440				23	48	.479	125	245	370	74	48	56	78	136	251
1978-79	27	DET	NBA	PF	25		310	27	60	.450				3	15	.200	34	71	105	13	13	10	19	38	57
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	67		1016	90	184	.489	0	5	.000	14	29	.483	101	156	257	75	42	43	47	129	194
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	78		1107	101	197	.513	0	2	.000	15	40	.375	127	154	281	55	43	58	48	158	217
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	71	9	966	81	175	.463	1	6	.167	7	19	.368	106	158	264	42	39	46	37	127	170
Career			NBA		703	9	15936	1785	3983	.448	1	13	.077	528	925	.571	1660	2798	4458	1038	556	510	332	1536	4099

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1973-74	22	CLE	NBA	PF	82		22.7	2.6	6.7	.383				1.0	1.5	.650	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.8	0.6	0.4		2.3	6.1
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PF	82		24.3	3.5	7.8	.455				1.3	1.9	.648	2.5	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.9	0.5		1.8	8.4
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	82		35.5	4.9	10.7	.458				1.7	2.6	.654	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1		2.6	11.5
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	81		33.0	3.7	8.1	.451				1.2	2.2	.545	3.4	6.0	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.0		2.6	8.5
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	80		22.5	2.2	4.9	.449				0.6	1.3	.460	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.2	5.0
1978-79	27	TOT	NBA	PF	80		20.1	1.8	4.0	.442				0.3	0.8	.413	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.2	3.9
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PF	55		23.7	2.1	4.7	.440				0.4	0.9	.479	2.3	4.5	6.7	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	2.5	4.6
1978-79	27	DET	NBA	PF	25		12.4	1.1	2.4	.450				0.1	0.6	.200	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.3
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	67		15.2	1.3	2.7	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.483	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	2.9
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	78		14.2	1.3	2.5	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.375	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.8
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	71	9	13.6	1.1	2.5	.463	0.0	0.1	.167	0.1	0.3	.368	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	2.4
Career			NBA		703	9	22.7	2.5	5.7	.448	0.0	0.1	.077	0.8	1.3	.571	2.4	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.7	0.9	2.2	5.8

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1973-74	22	CLE	NBA	PF	82		1862	4.1	10.6	.383				1.5	2.4	.650	4.0	6.1	10.1	2.9	0.9	0.7		3.7	9.7
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PF	82		1991	5.3	11.6	.455				1.9	2.9	.648	3.7	5.5	9.2	2.3	1.4	0.8		2.7	12.4
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	82		2913	4.9	10.8	.458				1.7	2.6	.654	3.7	7.3	11.0	2.6	1.2	1.1		2.6	11.6
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	81		2672	4.0	8.9	.451				1.3	2.4	.545	3.7	6.6	10.3	2.6	1.3	1.1		2.9	9.3
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	80		1798	3.5	7.8	.449				0.9	2.0	.460	3.6	6.3	9.9	2.0	1.2	1.0	2.1	3.6	7.9
1978-79	27	TOT	NBA	PF	80		1611	3.2	7.1	.442				0.6	1.4	.413	3.6	7.1	10.6	1.9	1.4	1.5	2.2	3.9	6.9
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PF	55		1301	3.2	7.2	.440				0.6	1.3	.479	3.5	6.8	10.2	2.0	1.3	1.5	2.2	3.8	6.9
1978-79	27	DET	NBA	PF	25		310	3.1	7.0	.450				0.3	1.7	.200	3.9	8.2	12.2	1.5	1.5	1.2	2.2	4.4	6.6
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	67		1016	3.2	6.5	.489	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.0	.483	3.6	5.5	9.1	2.7	1.5	1.5	1.7	4.6	6.9
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	78		1107	3.3	6.4	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.3	.375	4.1	5.0	9.1	1.8	1.4	1.9	1.6	5.1	7.1
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	71	9	966	3.0	6.5	.463	0.0	0.2	.167	0.3	0.7	.368	4.0	5.9	9.8	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.4	4.7	6.3
Career			NBA		703	9	15936	4.0	9.0	.448	0.0	0.2	.077	1.2	2.1	.571	3.7	6.3	10.1	2.3	1.3	1.2	1.8	3.5	9.3

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1973-74	22	CLE	NBA	PF	82	1862	10.9	.415	.383	10.8	18.5	14.4	10.6	1.1	1.0				99	-0.3	1.5	1.3	.032
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PF	82	1991	14.6	.483	.455	10.9	16.2	13.6	9.0	1.8	1.2				96	2.0	2.4	4.4	.107
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	82	2913	14.9	.485	.458	10.2	21.7	15.7	9.6	1.5	1.7				94	3.4	4.5	7.9	.130
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	81	2672	12.7	.469	.451	10.1	19.2	14.5	9.6	1.7	1.7				96	2.0	3.9	5.8	.105
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	80	1798	10.5	.456	.449	10.1	17.8	13.9	7.0	1.5	1.4	19.2	11.9	94	98	0.2	2.5	2.6	.070
1978-79	27	TOT	NBA	PF	80	1611	9.9	.444	.442	10.1	22.5	16.0	6.6	1.8	2.2	21.9	10.9	91	103	-0.5	1.8	1.3	.038
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PF	55	1301	10.1	.448	.440	9.9	21.9	15.6	7.0	1.7	2.4	21.8	10.9	92	104	-0.3	1.3	1.0	.038
1978-79	27	DET	NBA	PF	25	310	9.2	.428	.450	11.0	24.6	17.6	4.9	1.9	1.7	22.2	10.5	88	101	-0.2	0.4	0.3	.040
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	67	1016	11.3	.493	.489	10.8	17.1	13.9	9.6	2.0	2.5	19.3	9.8	105	102	0.5	1.5	2.0	.096
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	78	1107	10.6	.506	.513	13.2	14.2	13.8	5.8	1.8	2.8	18.3	9.5	107	103	0.7	1.5	2.2	.097
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	71	966	10.1	.464	.466	12.4	17.2	14.9	4.8	1.9	2.5	16.8	9.1	105	104	0.4	1.4	1.8	.088
Career			NBA		703	15936	12.2	.467	.448	10.7	18.8	14.6	8.5	1.6	1.7	19.4	10.5	98	99	8.4	20.9	29.3	.088

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	13	489	44	101	.436			26	48	.542	40	100	140	37	13	12		34	114
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	3	113	11	27	.407			1	1	1.000	11	25	36	5	4	4		11	23
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	1	9	0	1	.000			0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	3	67	10	10	1.000	0	0	1	3	.333	6	10	16	3	5	2	1	6	21
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	3	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	8	57	3	6	.500	0	0	0	0		4	7	11	4	2	6	4	5	6
Career			NBA		31	742	68	145	.469	0	0	28	54	.519	61	143	204	49	24	24	5	59	164

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	13	37.6	3.4	7.8	.436			2.0	3.7	.542	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9		2.6	8.8
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	3	37.7	3.7	9.0	.407			0.3	0.3	1.000	3.7	8.3	12.0	1.7	1.3	1.3		3.7	7.7
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	1	9.0	0.0	1.0	.000			0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	3	22.3	3.3	3.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	7.0
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	3	2.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	8	7.1	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8
Career			NBA		31	23.9	2.2	4.7	.469	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.7	.519	2.0	4.6	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	1.9	5.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	13	489	3.2	7.4	.436			1.9	3.5	.542	2.9	7.4	10.3	2.7	1.0	0.9		2.5	8.4
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	3	113	3.5	8.6	.407			0.3	0.3	1.000	3.5	8.0	11.5	1.6	1.3	1.3		3.5	7.3
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	1	9	0.0	4.0	.000			0.0	8.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.0
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	3	67	5.4	5.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.6	.333	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.6	2.7	1.1	0.5	3.2	11.3
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	3	7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	5.1	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	0.0
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	8	57	1.9	3.8	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.4	6.9	2.5	1.3	3.8	2.5	3.2	3.8
Career			NBA		31	742	3.3	7.0	.469	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.6	.519	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.4	1.2	1.2	1.3	2.9	8.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PF	13	489	12.7	.467	.436	8.3	22.9	15.3	10.9	1.3	1.4				93	0.2	0.9	1.2	.114
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PF	3	113	10.1	.419	.407	8.3	23.8	15.1	5.8	1.6	2.1				92	0.0	0.2	0.3	.109
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PF	1	9	-10.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0	123	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.279
1979-80	28	POR	NBA	PF	3	67	22.8	.928	1.000	9.9	17.5	13.6	6.4	3.8	1.7	8.1	7.9	172	102	0.3	0.1	0.4	.265
1980-81	29	LAL	NBA	PF	3	7	0.0			0.0	12.5	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		108	0.0	0.0	0.0	.028
1981-82	30	LAL	NBA	PF	8	57	8.5	.500	.500	7.9	12.4	10.2	7.5	1.6	5.5	40.0	6.9	87	104	0.0	0.1	0.0	.035
Career			NBA		31	742	12.5	.486	.469	8.3	21.4	14.4	9.2	1.6	1.8	20.7	7.1	124	95	0.5	1.3	1.8	.115

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 9 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Jim Brewer		7.9	5.8	4.4	2.6	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.3	1.3
George Lynch	87.8	6.5	5.8	3.9	2.6	2.5	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.7
Dave Gambee	84.0	7.0	5.3	4.6	3.3	2.2	1.9	1.6	0.0
Don Kojis	83.6	8.3	5.0	3.7	3.3	3.2	1.9	1.5	0.7	0.7
Dennis Scott	83.2	8.8	5.0	4.6	3.8	2.8	2.6	2.4	1.2	0.7
Rodney Rogers	83.0	7.4	5.4	4.7	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.3	2.0	1.2
Chuck Hayes	81.7	6.4	6.3	4.4	3.6	2.4	1.6	1.5	0.6
Les Hunter	81.5	8.4	5.6	4.9	2.7	2.2	2.1	-0.5
Kevin Gamble	81.5	8.3	6.7	6.6	3.4	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.0	-0.1
Joe Caldwell	81.4	7.9	6.7	3.7	3.7	3.3	2.5	2.3	2.0	0.3
Stacey Augmon	80.7	9.7	5.6	5.1	3.7	3.7	2.6	1.8	1.5	1.5

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Jim Brewer		7.9	5.8	4.4	2.6	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.3	1.3
Chris Andersen	84.3	5.9	5.4	4.5	3.2	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0
Kevin Gamble	83.8	8.3	6.7	6.6	3.4	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.0	-0.1
LaPhonso Ellis	83.7	8.0	7.6	5.2	3.6	2.2	1.9	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.0
Joe Graboski	83.4	7.2	5.8	2.8	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.0	-0.1
Dennis Scott	82.6	8.8	5.0	4.6	3.8	2.8	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.2	0.7
Chuck Hayes	81.7	6.4	6.3	4.4	3.6	2.4	1.6	1.5	0.6
Les Hunter	81.5	8.4	5.6	4.9	2.7	2.2	2.1	-0.5
George Lynch	80.8	6.5	5.8	3.9	3.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.0
Matt Barnes	80.0	6.3	5.9	4.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.4
Kenny Carr	79.6	6.7	5.8	5.1	3.8	3.1	2.9	2.9	2.1	1.1	0.0

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1969-70	18	MINNESOTA	12		97	209			58	103		177						252	.464		.563		21.0	14.8
1970-71	19	MINNESOTA	24		166	413			67	104		331						399	.402		.644		16.6	13.8
1971-72	20	MINNESOTA	25		95	260			54	113		275						244	.365		.478		9.8	11.0
1972-73	21	MINNESOTA	26		147	317			72	102		301						366	.464		.706		14.1	11.6
Career			75		408	990			193	319		907						1009	.412		.605		13.5	12.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1972-73 NCAA AP All-America (2nd) 1975-76 NBA All-Defensive (2nd) 1976-77 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1982 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)	Games 1973-74 NBA 82 (1) 1974-75 NBA 82 (2) 1975-76 NBA 82 (2)	Offensive Rebounds 1975-76 NBA 298 (3) 1976-77 NBA 275 (8)
Total Rebounds 1975-76 NBA 891 (9)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1973-74 NBA 10.8 (9) 1974-75 NBA 10.9 (8) Career NBA 10.7 (42) Career 10.7 (51)	Total Rebound Pct Career NBA 14.6 (99)	Defensive Rating Career NBA 98.5 (16) Career 98.5 (19)
Defensive Win Shares 1975-76 NBA 4.5 (10)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (738)	NBA Elo Player Rating 514th (overall) as of Jun 19, 2013, 4:56AM

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April 24, 1973: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers (as a 1973 1st round draft pick) with a 1973 3rd round draft pick (Jim O'Brien) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for John Johnson, Rick Roberson and a 1973 1st round draft pick (Barry Parkhill).

April 24, 1973: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 NBA Draft.

February 15, 1979: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with future considerations to the Detroit Pistons for Earl Tatum.

September 18, 1979: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Harvey Knuckles).

October 8, 1980: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Jerome Kersey). Portland had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with Los Angeles in 1984 but opted for a 2nd round draft pick instead.

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