Ranking the 6 Worst Knicks starters of the Carmelo Anthony era

2. Ronnie Brewer

In the summer of 2012, Ronnie Brewer signed with the Knicks, marking his last NBA season in which he played at least 46 games. The small forward started 34 of those, averaging 15.5 minutes, 3.6 points on inefficient shooting (36.6 FG%, 31.0 3P%, 41.0 FT%), and 2.2 rebounds per game.

This marked a significant drop off from his previous season with the Chicago Bulls, in which he had averaged 6.9 points on 42.7% shooting from the field, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 24.8 minutes per game. That was not even his best season, however. During the 2008-09 season with the Utah Jazz, he started 80 games and averaged 13.7 points over 32.2 minutes per game.

His drop-off was thus quite the disappointment for the Knicks, who might have hoped that the former first-round pick could return to the scoring talent he showed in Utah. Brewer did not play a main role on the Knicks’ roster, but you want more than what he produced from a player who started the majority of his games.

He never had to be the top scorer or anything like that, but he should have at least had a bigger impact.

In February 2013, Brewer was eventually traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for a future second-round pick, and the Knicks went on to make their last playoff appearance for a long while without him.