Ron Brewer

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ron Brewer

| image = Ron_Brewer_Arkansas.jpg

| width =

| caption = Brewer during his junior year at Arkansas, c. 1976

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|09|16}}

| birth_place = Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.

| high_school = Northside (Fort Smith, Arkansas)

| college =

Arkansas–Fort Smith (1974–1975)
Arkansas (1975–1978)

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 7

| draft_team = Portland Trail Blazers

| career_start = 1978

| career_end = 1986

| career_number = 10, 17, 22

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1978|start}}–{{nbay|1980|end}}

| team1 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years2 = {{nbay|1980|end}}–{{nbay|1981|start}}

| team2 = San Antonio Spurs

| years3 = {{nbay|1981|start}}–{{nbay|1982|start}}

| team3 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years4 = {{nbay|1982|start}}–{{nbay|1983|end}}

| team4 = Golden State Warriors

| years5 = 1984

| team5 = San Antonio Spurs

| years6 = {{nbay|1984|end}}

| team6 = New Jersey Nets

| years7 = {{nbay|1985|start}}

| team7 = Chicago Bulls

| years8 = {{nbay|1985|end}}

| team8 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| highlights =

NBA All-Rookie First Team (1979)
Consensus second-team All-American (1978)
SWC Player of the Year (1978)

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 5,971 (11.9 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 971 (1.9 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 920 (1.8 apg)

| bbr = brewero01

}}

Ronald Charles Brewer (born September 16, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. A {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|adj=on}} guard from the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft.

Prep years

Brewer played basketball at Fort Smith Northside High School, leading the Grizzlies to the 1974 Overall Championship and a 30–0 record [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115945/http://geocities.com/minorshogs/greats/brewer.html ].

Collegiate career

Following high school, Brewer attended Westark Community College (now the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith).http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=ron_brewer Brewer then signed to play for coach Eddie Sutton at the University of Arkansas. One of the famed "Triplets" along with Sidney Moncrief and Marvin Delph, Brewer was named All-American in 1978. He averaged 18.0 points per game while helping the Arkansas Razorbacks reach the Final Four in the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, and was also named to the All-Tournament Team.

NBA career

Ron Brewer was selected by the Trail Blazers with 7th pick in the 1978 NBA draft, and was named to the 1978–79 NBA All-Rookie Team, Brewer was drafted directly after Larry Bird and ahead of notable NBA players such as Reggie Theus and Maurice Cheeks.http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1476 On October 14, 1979, Brewer became the first Trail Blazer to hit a three-point shot in a regular season game.https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197910140POR.html

Brewer went on to spend eight seasons in the league with six teams—the Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, and Chicago Bulls—and finished his career in 1986 with 5,971 total points (11.9 ppg).

Personal life

His son, Ronnie Brewer, also played college basketball at the University of Arkansas, and was selected by the Utah Jazz in the first round of the 2006 NBA draft. They became the first father-son combination in Chicago Bulls history when Ronnie joined that team in 2010.

He is currently the head coach at City University in Memphis, Tennessee.

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brewero01.html|title=Ron Brewer NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=26 June 2025}}

==Regular season==

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 81 || || 30.3 || .494 || || .820 || 2.8 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 13.3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1979}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 82 || 82 || 34.3 || .464 || .188 || .840 || 2.6 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .6 || 15.7

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 29 || || 18.9 || .386 || .333 || .765 || 1.1 || 1.9 || 1.2 || .3 || 7.5

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 46 || || 19.7 || .468 || .000 || .813 || 1.2 || 2.0 || .6 || .5 || 9.2

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1981}}

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 25 || 4 || 23.8 || .504 || .300 || .875 || 2.0 || 2.7 || .9 || .3 || 17.8

| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland

| 47 || 41 || 36.7 || .465 || .238 || .779 || 2.4 || 2.6 || 1.3 || .5 || 19.4

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1982}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland

| 21 || 18 || 26.8 || .400 || .000 || .863 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 11.4

| style="text-align:left;"| Golden State

| 53 || 34 || 26.4 || .438 || .467 || .824 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .4 || 11.3

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1983}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Golden State

| 13 || 3 || 16.2 || .466 || .000 || .647 || 1.0 || .5 || .5 || .4 || 5.0

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 40 || 5 || 19.6 || .441 || .231 || .820 || 1.3 || 1.1 || .5 || .4 || 8.7

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1984}}

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 9 || 0 || 9.0 || .382 || – || 1.000 || .3 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 3.7

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 11 || 0 || 22.3 || .583 || .000 || .889 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .5 || .5 || 10.4

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1985}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 4 || 0 || 4.5 || .333 || – || 1.000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.8

| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland

| 40 || 3 || 13.8 || .386 || .294 || .892 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || 5.1

|-class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career

| 501 || 190 || 25.7 || .459 || .248 || .824 || 1.9 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .5 || 11.9

==Playoffs==

| style="text-align:left;"| 1979

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 3 || || 31.3 || .564 || || .692 || 3.7 || 2.7 || .3 || 3.0 || 17.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 1980

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 3 || || 35.3 || .426 || .000 || .556 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .3 || 19.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 1981

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 7 || || 16.9 || .475 || .333 || .724 || .7 || 1.9 || .1 || .9 || 11.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 1985

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 3 || 0 || 31.0 || .500 || .000 || .750 || 1.7 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .0 || 12.0

|-class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career

| 16 || 0 || 25.7 || .482 || .143 || .695 || 1.5 || 2.0 || .5 || 1.0 || 14.1

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brewero01.html NBA career stats] @ basketball-reference.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115945/http://geocities.com/minorshogs/greats/brewer.html
http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=ron_brewer
http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1476

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