“I remember coming from Minnesota, and I had never been in the playoffs,” Brewer told Mavs.com. “And just to come to a different atmosphere in Dallas where every night you’re expected to win, and then when we got in the playoffs, it was an amazing run.” It was amazing for Brewer because he was in his fourth season, and suddenly he was an NBA champion and a teammate of future Hall of Fame players Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd. “You get to play with Dirk, of course, and J-Kidd and Shawn Marion and Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic,” Brewer said. “Playing with guys who had been in the league for a while – I was in my third or fourth year – they had been doing it for a long time at a high level. So just to learn from those guys and be around those guys, I think it helped me in my career.”