Jimmer Fredette hangs up his sneakers.
After a winding basketball career which presented the honors of the national player of the year in Byu and ended at the Olympic GamesFredette retires basketball. Fredette announced her decision on Instagram on Wednesday. He is 36 years old.
“Since I was young, I was obsessed with basketball,” Fredette wrote. “Seeing basketball entering was magic. I wanted to play it every day. …
“Basketball took me around the world: from Glen Falls, NY, to Byu, NBA, China, Greece and even the United States team at the Olympic Games! This game and my love for that have transformed me into the person I am today and for that I am grateful. …
“It was not always easy, but it was still worth it! The next trip begins now.”
Jimmermania takes control of the NCAA
Fredette burst into the national basketball scene during a four-year NCAA career in Byu from 2007 to 11. 6-foot 2 inch care, Fredette joined the cougars as A three -star recruit And played 35 games on the bench in the first year. He obtained a starting role in the second year, then led the Mountain West by scoring as a junior and senior.
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Electric Borator, Fredette was the consensual national player of the year as a senior while making an average of 28.9 points, 4.3 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 interceptions and pulling 39.6% out of 8.5 attempts of 3 points per match. He broke Danny Ainy Ainge's marking record.
The cougars made the NCAA tournament in each of the four seasons of Fredette. They obtained a seeded n ° 3 in 2011 and qualified for the Sweet 16. Fredette was a national sensation.
Winding Pro NBA career abroad abroad
Fredette took this momentum in the Draft NBA lottery. The Sacramento Kings have swung a night business to acquire Fredette des Milwaukee Bucks, who selected it with the choice n ° 10 in the draft of 2011, a choice after the Charlotte Hornets selected another score guard undersized at Uconn All-American Kemba Walker.
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While Walker became an All-Star quadruple, Fredette had trouble finding her place in the NBA. Fredette pulled 38.6% of the land while making an average of 7.6 points as a recruit in Sacramento. It turned out to be its NBA career summit.
Fredette then played the following five NBA seasons with the Kings, the Bulls, the Pelicans and the Knicks. But he spent most of his career deeply on the benches of the NBA while playing 2.5 to 14 minutes per game after his recruit season.
In 2016, Fredette turned the page on the NBA and joined the Shanghai Sharks of Chinese Basketball Association, where he immediately rediscovered his base. Fredette was appointed MVP International 2016-17 of the ABC after having an average of 37.6 points in 41 games. He set up a total of game points of 51 and 73 points during his MVP season.
After two seasons in the ABC, Fredette made a brief return to the NBA in 2018-2019 which lasted six games with the Phoenix Suns. From there, his career took him to Greece and returned to Shanghai in 2020. But the Covid-19 pandemic ended the CBA de Fredette career by 2021, and he returned home to the United States
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Fredette's reinvention as a 3×3 player
In 2022, American basketball has recruited Fredette To play for his 3×3 team before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. USA Basketball missed the Cup of the Olympic Sports Department in 2021 in Tokyo, an embarrassing development for the long-standing basketball power.
Fredette was impatient to play in the format that could highlight her score prowess and helped the United States to a silver medal during the World Cup in 2023 in front of Paris. As the Olympic Games rolled in 2024, Fredette was the classified player n ° 1 in the world in 3×3 fiba. He made his debut at the Olympic Games in Paris at 35.
Unfortunately for Fredette, He has undergone torn adductive ligaments in the second game in the United States swimming pool games and could not finish his Olympic experience. But he made the trip and played like an Olympian. And now he goes to the next phase of his life.
