Corey L. Brewer

Corey Lavelle Brewer (born January 2 1975 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player, currently a point guard for Latvian team ASK Riga.

After graduating from West Memphis High School, Brewer attended and played basketball at Navarro Junior College (1994-95) and Carl Albert State College (1995-96) before transferring to the University of Oklahoma, where he played two seasons for coach Kelvin Sampson. The , point guard was named to the Under-22 USA Basketball Team in July 1997.

Brewer was selected by the Miami Heat with the 51st overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, but spent the 1998-99 season in the Continental Basketball Association, playing for the Grand Rapids Hoops. He was signed by the Heat on September 29, 1999, but was waived a month later without playing in any NBA games.

1999-2000 found Brewer in the IBL's New Mexico Slam, after which he began playing for European teams such as Italian second division (Serie A2) teams Fila Biella (2000-2001), before moving to Spain's ACB, where he played for CB Sevilla (2001-2002) and CB Estudiantes (2002-2004). He then returned to Italy, playing for Caffè Maxim Bologna (2004-2005), moving on to Greece's Aris BC (2005-2006) and Belgium's TEC Spirou Charleroi. 2007-2008 season, he spent in Croatia, playing for KK Zadar. In 2008-2009 season, Brewer is playing for ASK Riga.

Personal life

At age fifteen, Brewer survived a shotgun wound after reportedly trying to mediate a street altercation.

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External links

• Profile
• Corey Brewer - Player Card, ESPN.com