On the surface, the Knicks let a potential defensive player slip off the roster. It is a decision that seems baffling. The question fans have to ask themselves is heading into next season would you want Corey Brewer on the books for $5 million dollars for next year.

Truth be told, via a source, is the Knicks actively tried to deal Brewer immediately after his inclusion in Carmelo Anthony deal. There were no takers. Clearly, those teams interested in his services knew that the Knicks were not going to mess with his near $5 million dollar qualifying offer seeing that they want to keep roster flexibility moving forward.

Brewer’s agent, Happy Walters, also represents Amar’e Stoudemire and Shawne Williams whom they’d like to keep next year.

Obviously, this doesn’t address the idea why Mike D’Antoni wouldn’t play Brewer, which is probably due to his lack of perimeter shooting. Right or wrong, the Knicks allowed Brewer to walk so he can land on another roster with the hopes of getting his Q-offer picked up leading to another contract.

They’d rather take their chances in developing a manageable talent and contract in Derrick Brown who they can keep on the cheap and try to develop into an asset moving forward.

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CHAOS wrote:Why Didn’t the Knicks Keep Brewer?
By Tommy Dee on Mar 02, 2011, 7:52 am

On the surface, the Knicks let a potential defensive player slip off the roster. It is a decision that seems baffling. The question fans have to ask themselves is heading into next season would you want Corey Brewer on the books for $5 million dollars for next year.

Truth be told, via a source, is the Knicks actively tried to deal Brewer immediately after his inclusion in Carmelo Anthony deal. There were no takers. Clearly, those teams interested in his services knew that the Knicks were not going to mess with his near $5 million dollar qualifying offer seeing that they want to keep roster flexibility moving forward.

Brewer’s agent, Happy Walters, also represents Amar’e Stoudemire and Shawne Williams whom they’d like to keep next year.

Obviously, this doesn’t address the idea why Mike D’Antoni wouldn’t play Brewer, which is probably due to his lack of perimeter shooting. Right or wrong, the Knicks allowed Brewer to walk so he can land on another roster with the hopes of getting his Q-offer picked up leading to another contract.

They’d rather take their chances in developing a manageable talent and contract in Derrick Brown who they can keep on the cheap and try to develop into an asset moving forward.

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You do know we already covered this and beat writers/journalists like Tommy Dee who actually posted/post on forum sites get their info from us?

No one really needs to get confirmation from these guys

Finestrg wrote:Not sure I understand this -- Why did he have to be bought out now? That's what I'm not sure about..We couldn't have used him the rest of the year and then just let him expire at the end of the year and not offer the QO? Is that right? That's what I would've liked to see but I guess it couldn't be done..I guess the cap hold would still remain? Is it a certain amount of time and then the QO automatically gets picked up the previous season??? And then what if we kept him and he played well?? Maybe we could've picked up the QO for next year to retain him for 1 more year no??

It could be viewed as bad business....keep in mind his agent is "Happy Walters". If there isn't a market for Brewer being that it was known he was available to be traded for then obviously he needs a more prominent role on a team or to play a respectable role on a team that is in contention/playoffs. He needed showcasing opportunity. There was no guarantee he'd get playing time here so how would he be able to if at all to increase his value down the stretch?