3:58pm: Brewer’s new deal with the Kings will be worth $2MM, per Shams Charania of The Athletic, who notes that the club had competition to keep the veteran today (Twitter links). That means that Sacramento is using its room exception to lock up Brewer, rather than just doing a minimum salary deal.
2:16pm: The Kings have made it official, announcing Brewer’s new rest-of-season deal in a press release.
1:10pm: The Kings plan on signing veteran swingman Corey Brewer to a rest-of-season contract, reports James Ham of NBC Sports California (Twitter link). Brewer’s second 10-day deal with Sacramento expired overnight, so he’s technically a free agent until he inks a new deal with the Kings.
Brewer, who appeared in seven games on a pair of 10-day contracts for the Sixers earlier this year, didn’t play during his first 10 days with Sacramento. However, he has emerged as a rotation piece during the Kings’ last few contests, averaging 16.3 MPG in three games, including 20 minutes during Wednesday’s loss to Milwaukee. Brewer averaged 8.3 PPG on .444/.364/.714 shooting in those games.
As a strong defender and high-energy player, Brewer has fit in nicely for the Kings, who traded away a pair of small forwards at the deadline, in Iman Shumpert and Justin Jackson. Harrison Barnes has assumed most of those newly-opened minutes, but the club has found playing time for Brewer recently too.
No corresponding roster move will be required to re-add Brewer, whose signing will give the Kings 14 players on NBA contracts. That leaves one open roster spot if the team wants to add any reinforcements during its playoff push.
If he signs today, Brewer’s new contract would carry a cap hit of about $359K, assuming it’s worth the minimum.
nice. love his energy. miss shump tho
Also means that he gets the entire $2M salary, rather than a pro-rated minimum.
Nice work man 2 mil for a cpl months. I wonder who the other team/teams was
desperate move by vlad, the kings won’t make the playoffs
Relax there Guest, it was not a desperate move. Kings still has plenty to spend, and wanted a Shump type guy in the lineup. Brewer’s a good vet who plays hard at the defensive end, but not a guy who anyone thinks is going to get them over the hump, including Divac.
If desperate were the name of the game, the reach would have been for Melo, not Brewer.