James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette was born on February 25,1989 and is an American professional basketball player.
68 Facts About Jimmer Fredette
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Jimmer Fredette last played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Jimmer Fredette was selected with the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, but only played limited minutes across four teams over five NBA seasons.
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Jimmer Fredette won the CBA International MVP award that season.
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Jimmer Fredette was born in Glens Falls, New York to parents Al and Kay Jimmer Fredette, as the youngest of three children.
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From his early childhood, Jimmer Fredette showed unusual dedication to athletics.
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Jimmer Fredette regularly played with TJ, seven years older, and TJ's friends on the family's backyard court.
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Jimmer Fredette was able to hit three-pointers at age 5, and developed moves to get around his larger opponents.
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Jimmer Fredette's mother allowed him to bounce basketballs throughout the house, and even built a dribbling studio for him in their basement.
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Jimmer Fredette has an older sister, Lindsay, Miss Teen New York 1998.
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Jimmer Fredette was ranked among the nation's top 75 shooting guards by ESPN.
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Jimmer Fredette was Glens Falls High School's all-time leading scorer, ranking 16th on New York's all-time scoring list, with 2,404 points.
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Until February 24,2015, Jimmer Fredette held the all-time Section 2 high school record, when he was surpassed by Lake George senior Joel Wincowski.
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Jimmer Fredette was named first-team all-state by the New York State Sportswriters Association and the Times Union as a junior and senior.
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Jimmer Fredette had several memorable on-court moments in his career at Glens Falls, including 12 different 40-point performances in his senior season, and a shot against Voorheesville High School's Andrew Catellier in the season opener of his junior year in which he banked a three-pointer off the glass and in with his opposite hand to force overtime at the end of regulation.
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Jimmer Fredette played AAU for the Albany City Rocks alongside future Penn State University point guard Talor Battle and Mark Domaracki.
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Jimmer Fredette averaged 25 points per game to help the Rocks to a third-place win over the Minnesota Magic at the 2006 AAU National Championships.
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Jimmer Fredette received offers from 12 schools and ultimately chose to attend BYU, which was his sister Lindsay's alma mater.
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Jimmer Fredette wore jersey number 32 and majored in American studies.
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Jimmer Fredette averaged 18.5 minutes, 7.0 points, 1.7 assists, 1.1 rebounds per game, and was the team's fifth-leading scorer.
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Jimmer Fredette played in all 33 games of his sophomore season starting 32 of them.
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Jimmer Fredette scored in double figures 29 times and had 20-plus points 8 times.
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Jimmer Fredette led the team in scoring 10 times, assists 19 times, and was named first team all Mountain West.
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Jimmer Fredette became BYU's first point guard to earn first-team all-conference honors since Marty Haws in 1990.
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On December 28,2009, Jimmer Fredette scored 49 points against the Arizona Wildcats, setting a new BYU record and a new McKale Center record for points scored in a single game.
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Jimmer Fredette's scoring broke the cumulative Mountain West Conference tournament and single-game tournament records.
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Jimmer Fredette's free throw shooting broke the MWC tournament record for free throws in a single game.
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On March 18,2010, Jimmer Fredette helped secure BYU's first-round win in the NCAA tournament.
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Jimmer Fredette considered forgoing his senior year and entering the draft after his junior year, and he was expected to be picked 25th to 30th, but he decided to stay at BYU and play his senior year.
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Jimmer Fredette was named co-captain of his team alongside Jackson Emery and Logan Magnusson.
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Jimmer Fredette was the top-ranked point guard in the nation according to Rivals.
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Jimmer Fredette scored a season-high 47 points in BYU's road victory over archrival Utah on January 11,2011, scoring 32 in the first half including a 40-foot buzzer-beater to end the first half.
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Jimmer Fredette finished with 16 of 28 shooting, along with four rebounds and six assists.
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Jimmer Fredette scored 39 against UNLV on January 5,2011 and 33 in a rematch against the same University of Arizona team he scored 49 against his junior season.
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Jimmer Fredette became the Mountain West Conference's all-time leading scorer on February 5,2011, with a 29-point performance versus UNLV in the Marriott Center.
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On March 7,2011, Jimmer Fredette was named both the Mountain West Conference's player of the year and the CBSSports.
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Jimmer Fredette was among the final ten candidates for the Bob Cousy Award.
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On March 11,2011, Jimmer Fredette broke BYU's career scoring record, previously held by Danny Ainge, in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Championship Tournament.
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Jimmer Fredette set the school's single-game scoring record with a career-high 52-point game against New Mexico, to whom BYU had lost twice in the regular season.
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Jimmer Fredette set BYU's record for most points in one half by scoring 33 points in the first half of the game.
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Jimmer Fredette was picked to the First-Team All-America by Fox Sports.
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Jimmer Fredette was awarded the 2011 Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award.
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Jimmer Fredette's image appeared in on one of the regional covers for Sports Illustrated for the 2011 NCAA tournament preview issue.
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On June 23,2011, Jimmer Fredette was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
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Jimmer Fredette was traded to the Sacramento Kings in a deal with Milwaukee and the Charlotte Bobcats involving John Salmons, Beno Udrih, Shaun Livingston, Corey Maggette, and Stephen Jackson.
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Jimmer Fredette made his rookie debut in a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors on December 17,2011, scoring 21 points and recording 4 rebounds.
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Jimmer Fredette got his first start on January 10,2012 against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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On February 27,2014, Jimmer Fredette's contract was bought out by the Kings.
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On July 24,2014, Jimmer Fredette signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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On October 31, Jimmer Fredette was selected by the Westchester Knicks with the second overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft.
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On November 10,2015, Jimmer Fredette re-signed with the Pelicans to help the team deal with numerous injuries.
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On November 28,2015, Jimmer Fredette was reacquired by the Westchester Knicks.
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On February 22,2016, Jimmer Fredette signed a ten-day contract with the New York Knicks.
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Jimmer Fredette played for the Denver Nuggets Summer League team during the 2016 NBA offseason, but was not signed by an NBA team.
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Jimmer Fredette ranked first in the CBA in points per game scoring average, over all phases of the season; and he ranked second in the league in scoring, during the first phase of the season, which determines the league's scoring champion.
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On July 23,2017, Jimmer Fredette re-signed with the Sharks on a two-year deal.
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On March 22,2019, Jimmer Fredette signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns.
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Jimmer Fredette made his official return to the NBA a day later against his first NBA team, the Sacramento Kings.
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On July 15,2019, Jimmer Fredette signed a two-year contract with Panathinaikos of Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.
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Panathinaikos experienced serious financial difficulties as a result of the pandemic, and on July 4,2020, the team announced that Jimmer Fredette's contract was too heavy for the team's budget.
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Jimmer Fredette became the Shanghai Sharks all time 3-point leader on December 29,2020.
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Jimmer Fredette has participated in The Basketball Tournament, a million-dollar winner-take-all summer tournament broadcast on the ESPN family of channels.
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Jimmer Fredette returned as a player in TBT 2022, with The Money Team.
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In 2022, Jimmer Fredette began playing 3x3 basketball with hopes of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Jimmer Fredette's skills were noted by several collegiate and NBA players across the country.
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Jimmer Fredette describes his older brother TJ as his biggest fan and supporter.
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An unusual set of Jimmer Fredette fans resided in the Mount McGregor Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison, where he and his older brother played games with the inmates.
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Jimmer Fredette has become a leader on his team, although, particularly early in his CBA career, his primary form of communication with his teammates was via an interpreter.