Ernest Lenell "J. R." Bremer (born September 19, 1980) is a retired American former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who last played for

Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...

of the

LNB Pro A LNB may refer to: Sport * Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, a professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic * Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, an Argentine basketball league * Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (Paraguay), Liga Nacional de Básquetb ...

. Bremer has also played in the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

and was an NBA All-Rookie second team member. Standing at , he played the

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...

position. He also represented the senior men's

Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian language, Bosnian: ''Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia ...

and was one of the highest-paid point guards in Europe in 2008. He is the grandson of former Negro Leagues pitcher Eugene Bremer.

College career

Bremer played

college basketball College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athle ...

St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure University is a private university, private Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York. It has 2,760 undergraduate and graduate students. The Order of Friars Minor, Franciscans established the university in 1858. In ath ...

, with the St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team.

Professional career

In 2002, Bremer attended the

Chicago pre-draft camp and tested as the number one tested athlete. Although Bremer went

undrafted In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under a contract at present ...

, he signed as an

free agent with the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), ...

in 2002, and in that season he was named to the

NBA All-Rookie Second Team The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches who are not allowed to vote for play ...

. He spent two seasons in the NBA, with the Celtics (2002–03), the

Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Divis ...

(2003–04), and the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

(2003–04), averaging 6.5 points and 2.2 assists per game. He became known as a 3-point specialist. The

Charlotte Bobcats Charlotte most commonly refers to: *Charlotte (given name), a feminine form of the given name Charles ** Princess Charlotte (disambiguation) ** Queen Charlotte (disambiguation) *Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, a city * Charlotte (cake) ...

selected him from the Warriors in the NBA

expansion draft An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or sports franchising, franchises. This occurs mainly in Sports in North America, North American sports and closed leagues. O ...

, and then waived him shortly thereafter, before he played any games with the club. Bremer's final NBA game was played on March 28, 2004, in a 105 - 77 win over the

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

where he recorded 2 points. Since 2004, he has played in Europe, competing for the following clubs:

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

of the Spanish League where he won the Spanish King's Cup. He played for

Biella Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the Province of Biella, province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of ...

and

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

of the Italian League,

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

of the Greek League, Bosna of the Bosnia and Herzegovina League, Spartak Primorje of the

Russian Super League The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...

Triumph Lyubertsy BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 2014. The club competes do ...

, Krasnye Krylya Samara and

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

of the Russian Pro League, and Fenerbahçe Ülker of the

Turkish League Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

. In 2009, he signed a contract with Krasnye Krylya Samara of the

. In July 2011, he signed a contract with

BC Nizhny Novgorod BC Nizhny Novgorod (), commonly known as simply Nizhny Novgorod, also known as Pari Nizhny Novgorod for sponsorship reasons, is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It participates in the VTB United League. Hi ...

. In January 2012, Bremer moved to the Italian

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

team

. Later that year, he signed a contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker. In December 2012, Bremer left Fenerbahçe Ülker and returned to his former club Emporio Armani Milano. For the 2013–14 season he signed with Royal Halı Gaziantep. On December 5, 2014, Bremer signed with his former team

PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

. In January 2015, he left PAOK and returned to Turkey where he signed with

Torku Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

. In May 2015, after the end of the 2014–15 Turkish League season, he returned to PAOK for the Greek playoffs. On July 30, 2015, he returned to Torku Konyaspor. On April 19, 2016, he parted ways with Konyaspor. On December 28, 2016, Bremer signed with

Coaching career

Bremer took the head coaching position at his high school alma mater, Cleveland Heights High School, on May 22, 2019. Bremer's No. 22 jersey has previously been retired by the school.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

, 64 , , 41 , , 23.5 , , .369 , , .353 , , .766 , , 2.3 , , 2.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

, 31 , , 2 , , 13.0 , , .285 , , .288 , , .650 , , 1.1 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 3.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 5 , , 0 , , 8.0 , , .190 , , .000 , , – , , 0.6 , , 2.4 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 100 , , 43 , , 19.5 , , .344 , , .333 , , .748 , , 1.8 , , 2.2 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 6.5

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;",

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 10, , 0, , 14.7, , .286, , .250, , .875, , 1.5, , 1.2, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 4.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 10, , 0, , 14.7, , .286, , .250, , .875, , 1.5, , 1.2, , 0.3, , 0.0, , 4.7

References

External links

*
Euroleague.net Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Italian League Profile

Spanish League Profile

Turkish League Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bremer, J. R. 1980 births Living people ABA League players American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from Cleveland BC Krasnye Krylia players BC Nizhny Novgorod players BC Spartak Primorye players BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players Bosnia and Herzegovina people of African-American descent Boston Celtics players Baloncesto Málaga players Charlotte Bobcats expansion draft picks Cleveland Cavaliers players Fenerbahçe men's basketball players Golden State Warriors players Greek Basket League players Liga ACB players Limoges CSP players Olimpia Milano players Naturalized citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina P.A.O.K. BC players Pallacanestro Biella players Point guards St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball players Torku Konyaspor B.K. players Undrafted NBA players American men's basketball players Cleveland Heights High School alumni 21st-century African-American sportsmen 21st-century American sportsmen 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen