Jimmer Fredette's Journey From Top to Bottom
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- Jimmer Fredette was the biggest star in college basketball at BYU. He was a top 10 draft pick in the NBA. Then, he was a benchwarmer. And now, he's in the D-League, trying to claw his way back onto the big stage in front of tiny crowds with the Westchester Knicks. In this VICE Sports exclusive, Jimmer and his family take us through the journey to this point and we get a behind-the-scenes look at his life out of the spotlight.
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Poor fella made only $8,032,603 til now.
+soppoi123 Bills add up bro! He probably spent that shit already
How much have you made?
+BeauRodgy you missed the whole point
+soppoi123 LOL
+EvanTheStud i dont think so
His wife is so pissed that he isn't making 10 million a year. Just image that playing basketball is your job... What a sweet life. NBA, D league or Europe... You're getting paid to play basketball. That's a blessing man.
+Mabsss33 hes got lottery pick money still, hes not in the d league for money, they make 25k a season. once he realizes that he wont be in the nba he will play overseas. some euro leagues pay millions us dollars.
+Jonny Tee yeah and i bet if he goes overseas his relationship will fall apart. Doubt she would want to leave her life in the united states plus if he goes alone u really think she would be faithful if hes gone for so long and she would want comfort not be alone every single day wishing her husband was with her
euro girls are also far better than american ones. they cook for their men and give them good sex. american girls oth dress like men and act butch. jimmer will leave european girls.
damn what are y'all,12 years old?lol have you not been in a serious relationship 😂 damn its not all about the money like tv and rappers make it out to be.. holy shit
she locked him down in college when she thought jimmer had a chance in the nba
This is just another example of how hard it is to play in the NBA
Lenext Owens I agree, only 450 total spots on a roster...unless you get signed to 10 days or 45 days...Always rooted for Jimmer and glad he plays somewhere...
NEVER...Cared Either Way For This Dude...Remember Damon Bailey...& That White Dude From Syracuse Johnny Flynn..."
@Barrier Boy he's like melo doesn't want to except his role
Its is very hard to even be a professional player anywhere, much less the NBA which is like the best of the best.
well he's making 1.4 million a year in china so i wouldn't really say he's at the bottom
200kSavage King i would be satisfied with 1 dollar for being a bench warmer
John P Hell give me 1.4 million a year....You wouldn't hear from me again
Don't know why people make this retarded argument. If you make d1 basketball and are one of the top prospects, your goal isn't to make money. Its about living out your childhood dream and being a star in the NBA.
Jarif Ahmed
The point is have some perspective. There are much more deserving people than Federette who suffer much worse.
Federette is in the upper 1% of income earners in the US. Anyone making over a million dollars a year is very wealthy.
There are single moms struggling to make rent. There are homeless vets with PTSD. There are school teachers that make 30k a year. Keep it in perspective. Jimmer's life is better than 99% of people who have ever lived.
***** From his perspective he still has a goal. And that goal is to make it to the top, not worry about the bottom.
He's like the Tim Tebow of basketball
+iamsuchahotfaggot 69 Barely
Debatable
Tebow was far better.... Tebow was a tough son of a bitch .... He rushed for TD's ,not your scary type that throws in the pocket and complain ....beat the Steelers , game on the line , last second win ....and was in phenomenal shape
Tebow was irrelevant
Yakov Worku you're an idiot. Tebow was ass.
WHY IS BEN STILLER AT A D LEAGUE GAME LOL
Floyd Mayweather was at a Westchester Knicks game too
+True Journey Because the kid is WHITE. LOL
+True Journey i assume he lives in Westchester and likes basketball
+True Journey because he is a D League level actor
+King Strick lmao *
Jimmer tell that wife of yours she wasn't with you shooting in the gym.
Ahhhh! lmaoooo word up tho
She's just trying to be supportive. Would you rather her say he should quit bc he keeps getting cut and gets no p.t?
Swaggy-C no, she has no say so, only support she talked way longer than needed and said nothing really but that's his wife he loves her. She wasn't wrong just not needed
+sir snow Agree to disagree.
Swaggy-C fair enough.. b easy bro enjoy the nba, season is on fire
True story: this guy went one pick before Klay Thompson and five picks before Kwahi Leonard (who played for that San Diego state team)
What a bust
+dalbalgbusc Don't forget Butler at 30 and Isaiah Thomas at 60.
Well thats because he owned Kawhi in college consistently dropping 43 on his head.
Vincent Salamatino really?? Check the championship game please...
Imagine that..
These guys keep talking about points scored. If he could play defense, he would still be in the NBA.
Eh, he'd need to do more than that. He's an undersized 2 guard with not quickness and athleticism. If he learned to pass the ball and run an offense besides chucking up 3's and take it to the hole every time he get's the ball, he's not going anywhere. Even playing in Europe would be hard since he doesn't play well fundamentally. He needs to completely revamp his game or he'll be working a day job in a few years.
+Ryan P no its because the nba is filled with the best offensive players in the world
true
SCep34life if he wasn't such a negative on defense, he'd find a rotational spot somewhere in the nba. his defense makes him incapable of playing nba minutes. his offense could definitely improve a lot but it's good enough to play in the league
Michael P not true. Harden plays no d nor does melo. It's about points scored.
Jimmer Fredette got old man features fr, nbc broadcasting in his future
hahahahahahahahahaha😭
Vice should do a Adam Morrison/Greg Oden segment... that would be really interesting
I agree.
+Mike-O Vaca Hasheem Thabeet
+Mike-O Vaca Unfortunately, Oden was plagued by injuries. He didn't have a terrible first two season with Portland -- averaged 9 ppg his rookie year, and 11 his second year. But those injuries eventually derailed him down a path of drugs and alcohol. Mark Titus, former player for Ohio State, has a nice article about him.
grantland.com/features/a-rare-interview-former-no-1-overall-pick-greg-oden-injury-plagued-career/
Interesting and short, like their NBA careers lool
Morrison was an nba champion though. Now he's an assistant coach at gonzaga. Oden is back working at Ohio state too.
Jimmer with the Shanghai Sharks next year. His wife thought it was hard to adjust to life in upper middle class Westchester County, try Shanghai!!
try millions.. the adjustment will be quite nice
wankstankonia you moron, Shanghai is better than most cities in the states. It's one of the most technological advance city in the world.
NBASFAN You're such a daft nitwit. Im saying the cultural shock will be tremendous compared to New York.
NBASFAN shanghai sucks ass
NBASFAN what are you gay
"Honey, I'm tryna get on Basketball Wives, and I can't do that if you play like a fucking scrub!"
- Jimmer's wife, probably
rideordie 😂😂😂
rideordie i love how i can think something and want people to comment something related to it and then i find it in the comments 😂🤣
"He was the justin bieber of BYU. It was so fun, it was such a great experience."
--> So fun for whom? A great experience for whom? For you?
--> I can definitely get that vibe from her.
Henry Collins you kinda took that out of context
rideordie LOL
It really bothers me how he says elementary....
Noah Brennan
shut the fuck up and leave then with your passive aggressive dot dot dots
Just go to Europe, make millions and break some records. Your style accommodates better there.
+Eduardo Bonilla Agreed. Or better yet, just play in China or Philippines.
+Jayson Lee
It's over for him in the NBA. Too many chances already. Fast approaching age 30, too. Time to move to Europe and try to ball out and make some money for the family over there.
china doesnt even pay most of their foreign players
Jimmer is to soft and doesn't have the confidence necessary to play at the NBA level. Maybe I'm wrong about him being soft but he defiantly doesn't have the confidence. So many interviews he's so pc about everything at some point he needs to just realize "we win these games because I am bad ass" That's the only difference between steph curry and Jimmer.
Really? go to europe and break some records? He might be a good fit for Europe indeed, but don`t got this way, he would be good for Europe, not a God. Ricky Rubio shined in Europe and can`t barely play the same in the NBA and he is a starter, imagine Jimmer
@3:10 Well, that's the strangest way I've heard anyone pronounce "elementary."
I was like wait what lmao
+TheCueballer2690 I was like WTF? I had to REWIND it.
+TheCueballer2690 true but if you sound it out phonetically it sounds more like how he said it. most people pronounce it "elementree"
"elementree" is the wrong way to say it. Jimmer is from New York, and Nothern-ers pronounce words how they are spelled, the right way.
Amazing! Fredette deserves it all! I wish all the luck for him!
He's like too good for the D-League, but not good enough for the NBA.
Then he's gotta go play in Spain or Greece.
+Dylan Evans but at the same time he has a wife and i doubt she would want to leave the United states and even if he went by himself there would be alot of trust issues and long periods of time apart it just wouldn't work
+AshEverything If i had a wife and was in love I would continue trying to make the nba I wouldnt leave the country cant do that to my family
+Blue Goblin lol dafuq you talking about, half the countries in europe that would pay him big bucks to play for their teams are 10 times better to live in than the us...he aint going to fucking mordor
He's a vicious scorer in the D League but not good enough to do those kinds of plays in the NBA
As a San Diego State fan, I'll never forget our rivalry with this guy and BYU
I ain't sayin she a gold digger...
Well, they were together in college for quite a while...
+Bored sports fan exactly. In college
+roro patel At BYU where you get kicked out of school for having sex or drinking anything with sugar in it. She isn't as much of a gold digger as you would think probably
+Matt Britzius but she ain't messing with no broke nigga.
Betucker3 Mormon values have nothing to do with a woman's natural desire for a high economic and social standing.
His ego is what's keeping him out of the league. Despite bouncing around all these teams he still walks in on 10-days with an ego and not listening to coaches and then get's booted. He needs to ditch that idiot brother of his.
man shut the fuck up
OreoKooki Gaming It's exactly what the Spurs coaching staff said about him....as with the Knicks and the Knicks D-league team LMAO. He still thinks he's a college superstar but he's not, he's a 2nd string spot up shooter and needs to realize it.
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she compared him to justin bieber
BYU women love that little fucker
justin bieber wtf is she 18?
Nice video! Was so cool to actually film this guy up close and shoot hoop with him--he shoots that 3 with ease!
Why does Jimmer look like Mike Korzemba.
Gilbert Arenas and his guns He does though
Gilbert Arenas and his guns you pay Javaris his money yet?
Vinnie Bale Nah that boy can wait.
Mike Korzemba looks like Jimmer Fredette
lmao
The D-League is not the minor league for the NBA. The NCAA is its farm system. Additionally, NBA scouts and recruits players from Europe way more than from the D-League. D-League is a graveyard for 1st round picks that didn't work out, or for guys trying to get back into shape to join a roster.
You clearly know shit about sports.
magnumxlpi Not sure what you meant by that comment. I'm very clearly talking about basketball ONLY, not "sports" in general.
+magnumxlpi Yeah I can't point to anything about what he said that is untrue, so not sure what you're talking about.
+SFO14 How is NCAA it's farm system? You get 4 years in college. A farm system or minor league is for players to develop that aren't ready for the NBA. Do you also think MLB minor league isn't a farm system?
magnumxlpi Again, sticking to basketball. How many players in the NBA played D1?
*You get 4 years in college*
How many players who played D1 didn't actually go the full 4 years? "One and done" sound familiar? Kentucky's program is a prime example. Sources speculate Anthony Davis made upwards of $300K for attending one year of college at UK from boosters and other back-channels.
The only reason players even have to be one year removed from HS (if you're a US-born player) is because of shoe deals. Nike, Adidas, etc. have contracts with the colleges and the players have to wear them and promote them "for free" for at least one year. Go attend some AAU tournaments and see how many sharks are in the stands. Biggest fucking racket in all of sports.
They named him jimmer.... His parents never gave him a chance in this world lol
+Arnesto Cruz actuly his name is James, so...
His real first name is James, but his mom wanted him to have a unique name so she called him Jimmer. I don’t know why she didn’t just give him a real unique name instead of just calling him Jimmer
@CG fucking killed him XD
jimmer will always be my favorite player!!!
Finally, a video on this channel about a good sport
Jimmer You are top!!We are very happy that have you in Panathinaikos Athens Greece!!!
Cant play D, refuses to follow coaches plans and plays, not worth it.
ALSO his girl is so greedy
"He Was the Justin Bieber of BYU!" Ummmm what?
That's not hyperbole I lived in Utah at the time he was worshipped
cringy
+Yah Boy Kiba as soon as i heard this i scrolled down to the comments.... what????
+yvesmassaad lmao I did to I was surprised no one said anything before I did lmao
Yes he was that popular in college a undersized version of JJ Redick ex Duke player
I love his wife talks about college like a great experience but it was one of the only times he made her known and popular.
Lol weirdo
Spot on- attention is the currency
NOW HE IS PLAYING FOR THE BEST SUPPORTERS IN THE WORLD
PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS FANS..
BLESSED MAN.
Love Vice make a series on the D-League
play defense or end up like Jimmer freddett
+ham shank curry and harden barely play D but were the top two candidates for MVP last season....
+kangaroo69ful so your gonna compare all-star caliber players to a guy named jimmer
+kangaroo69ful their defense is still better than jimmer especially curry. Curry is 4th in the league in steals. Harden on the other hand just doesn't like to play d but his offensive prowress is too much to handle
+Philip Shin Steals are not defense😂 Curry plays average defense at most, but that's still better than Jimmer
+Abel Abitia he can score but to much hero ball he'll be at best a NBA journeyman like Jamal Crawford or a Nate Robinson I wish him a long career
Sacramento is where NBA 2 guards careers go to die.
+Michael Jackson RIP mclemore
+jerrybronham what happen to him?
+Michael Jackson Stauskis!
+Michael Jackson Tyreke Evans
Rockale Lyons
He plays for the Kings. Unfortunately.
There are/have been plenty of great College b-ball players that don't fit in the NBA game. I think Fredette fits into this category unless he finds the perfect NBA spot. When he came into the League, I thought his best case scenario would be J.J. Redick-like. Redick is bigger, stronger and a slightly better shooter. Can you imagine being a Mormon in the NBA?! It must be really tough to go from being an NBA draft hero to a D-Leaguer looking for a 10 day contract.
exactly
What would being a Mormon have anything to do with? Fredette isn't the first high draft pick to go from hyped to where-are-they-now in short order.
The NBA is not Mormon-friendly. By that, I mean that most NBA players like to cuss, gamble, volume screw as many women as possible and go nuts having fun. Players are young, rich and enjoy all forms of excess. That is not the Mormon way. Mormons don't drink caffeine. They are conservative and sheltered. What's normal for most in the NBA was likely a massive shock to Fredette. (BYU to the NBA!) Those life shocks affect everything, including results on the court. I'm all for freedom of religion so, if someone is Mormon, I have no problem with it. However, unless they have some special coping mechanism which allows them to look the other way on just about everything, they will probably struggle. On a related note, do you think NBA players are excited when they're drafted by the Jazz? No, they're miserable and want to leave ASAP because Utah's values are not important values to most NBA players. No offense to anyone who is Mormon. I thought this was obvious!?
+james lachs
The guy has wanted to be in the NBA since he was a teenager, if not before. I'd think it'd be kind of hard to not know what you're getting yourself into the closer you get to it. Especially for a player who was as hyped at university as Fredette was. His one-dimensional game is what did him in. Personally, I don't think he's really that much of an improvement over Jason Kapono.
I guarantee he wasn't! BYU has an "honor" code built on informing on your peers. ESPN has called it, "the Snitch School." Jimmer would be risking everything if he even shook too long at the urinal. No offense to Mormons, that's just the way it goes. I grew up with a devout Mormon and he's the first to admit that this is the way Mormons keep their peers from drinking caffeine, wearing make-up, dancing, having their hair too long etc. Sad but true.
the person who sounds the most positive about all of this is jimmer lol
8:27, that is really shinny.
Jimmer's problem is the same as a lot of players who star in college and flop in the NBA. For him to be effective he needs to be the focal point of the offense. It's not that he isn't talented it's just that on a court full of elite players, he doesn't know how to contribute as a roll player. Dominating the D league was great for his confidence but kind of did him a disservice as well because what he needs to get better at is finding ways to score within the flow of an offense when he only gets 10-15 minutes a night. I wish him well but I think his destiny is in Europe.
He was never gonna be Steph Curry. But he could have been JJ Reddick. Any rookie starting out in Sacramento is bound for failure sadly.
A kings fan saying this? Fuck must be true...
+SHADY3k Not necessarily... Willie Trill is having a solid rookie season. Deserves more minutes. IT, Cousins and Reke also had solid rookie seasons. Coaching and player development has been the Kings main issue with rooks.
+oswan88 Cauley-Stein has been alright and is super raw but he is just surviving off of athleticism. Reke fell off a cliff, Isaiah wanted to get the hell out of there, and Boogie is dominating on a bad team. Look at the last few drafts: McLemore (who imo has a lot of potential), Stauskas (I was praying they would draft Payton), Robinson, Trading for Fredette, and on and on. Kings suck at drafting, development, scouting, and coaching.
+SHADY3k or Brooklyn, look what happened to Marshon Brooks
+SHADY3k You should of seen Curry's 2009 Draft report... "Average Shooter", "Can't create space, has to rely on catch and shoot", "Role player at best".. Steph worked hard but he also got the opportunity to play decent minutes cause the warriors were complete ass back in the day. I think Jimmer just needs the opportunity, same goes with Seth Curry, he can ball but doesn't get minutes. First time Seth gets decent minutes like 24 I think, and he drops 19.
Jimmer will always be winning with a wife like that.
agreed
Just wait until he makes it the nba. Signs a three year. She leaves him. Half.
+Iceburgg Slimm If she was going to leave, she already would have. He got a lot of money when he got drafted. Mormons value marriage much more than the rest of society, in general.
+Robb Hays she is very beautiful I'll tell you what.
+SLUMLORD Yeah you're right she's milky white!
Jimmer's wife finna leave his ass bruh
Eddie Wu my nigga you just repeated his comment...
LMAAAAYOOO hahaha
They're Mormon. Mormons don't get divorced. Mormon women dream of being housewives and seeing 1 dick their whole life.
LMAAAAYOOO nah he make 1.4 million in China
Dane Potmo Do your research before spreading lies dummy
im rooting for you jimmer , keep working, hope to see you in the league again!
now he's killing it in the olympics!
He's a really talented player. He just needs to find a team that can take full advantage of his skill set. Hoping he does well with the Knicks!
His wife is more pissed then him LOL
Seem like a gold digger lol
I think that if she was a gold digger she already would have left him, while she’s young.
Nah her best memories were the fame of her boyfriend. Def a gold digger or at least an attention seeker
@@morphos2 Mormons don't believe in divorce
She loved having the attention and fame
To bad idiot Kurt Rambis didn't play him except for a couple of minutes, wasting the teams money and time. Rambis should have gotten a ten day contract.
True
he keeps failing again and again. he isn't cut out for the nba. isn't that obvious already? you are actually blaming a coach for not playing someone in a few games for the lack of this guy's nba all-world talent? lmao. when you are talented in anything in life, it shows. it shows bigtime.
Yes I am because the GM signed him to a ten day contract to take a look at him in NBA games. What don't you understand? If he didn't want to see him play in the triangle he wouldn't have signed him or do you think it was just welfare Phil Jackson was handing out? Where is the "coach" this morning?
jimmer is a one trick pony. like others have said. he is a huge liability on defense. he is also short when the avg. height in the nba is 6'6". he is not mega talented. he was just a one hit wonder on the college level. many like him abound. he isn't even as good as christian laettner and laettner was also just hyped up. imagine that.
You got it twisted dude. I don't give a shit about Jimmer. Don't care if he ever sees an NBA court ever again. The comment I made was about Kurt Rambis disobeying his employer who clearly signed the guy because his BOSS wanted to see him. I don't care if he failed or succeed while he was on the court.
This guy got a chance in San Antonio and they let him go. He has a slim chance of making it in the NBA now. Spurs are the best in ALL SPORTS in finding players with potentials. He got a 10 day contract right now but long term I doubt it.
His wife look like the last airbender with long and blonde hair
Acex95 You mean Aang
he's kind of small for a two guard , but he can shoot the ball going to the Sacramento Kings probably didn't help
Mawuli Ware true the kings don't know how to develop young talent. Look at Ben Macklemore
Mawuli Ware I'm a kings fan and it's true, I hate our coaching staff. We had promising talent but we keep screwing it up
Right I'm just surprised no one developed his defense
Tim Tebow of NBA
+Aaron Jaros jimmer is a girlfriend beating alcoholic?
+Aaron Jaros same thing for Tebow! These guys were both hyped up.
"Justin bieber of Byu" (swaggy p face)😂
He just needs to be on team that will give him the green light
Like James harden with the rockets
Maybe to the 76ers or even more so the Suns
He was awesome to watch in college!! Jimmer vs Kawhi
In a weird way, after her monologue where she compared him to Justin Bieber, it seemed like she was slightly regretting marrying him. But when these hot girls get with these college athletes, for some reason that's what is on their mind. Like "Ohhh he is so good he will be a Pro and we will live happily ever rich and famous." Sorry gold digger it doesn't usually work that way.
my crystal ball predicts his wife will leave him for a another player with a larger NBA contract..... or justin bieber. ...
doesn't tell much about the journey. Just lists facts with b-roll. No story as to what's behind those facts
i hope this guy gets his dream, and somehow make mature and wise choices along the way.. if all else fails, the euro basket league is getting bigger by the year.. a stable job doing what you love, even if its not on the highest level, is still "living the dream"
I wish him the best in all endeavors. he's a fighter and will be just fine. long live Jimmer!!
0:34 woah!! His head is brighter than my future.lol.
Pink Franku lol
Jimmer's brother looks like Nathan drake😂
More like Max Payne. From the first game
He has this young Christopher Walken look to me. Every time I see him " I want more cowbell"
...and his wife looks like an angel!
His name is Jimothy?
😂
Does that mean every Timonthy's nickname is Timmer?
+The SJP City Maybe, But I haven't met a Timonthy so I wouldn't know.
+The SJP City Brimothy is Brimmer. Phlimothy is Phlimmer so yeah think so.
+jay'sup It's possible that Jan's parents came from Spain, and she could be very white.
I was on that Jimmer band wagon when he was at BYU and it sucks to see him not have the best success that he can achieve. Hopefully, he is able to make a difference off a bench.... Support from Ben Stiller and his family is pretty nice
They straight hating on Jimmer, dude can shoot and we live in the era where players are pulling up half court, his shot is wet
He dropped 30 points against the Rockets he can make it in the NBA
his 3 point shot is deadly, he can make it right now. If JJ Reddick can play than so can Jimmer
I like Jimmer but don't compare him to Redick, Redick is nice af.
you can't make it in the league just by being able to shoot
+OreoKooki Gaming Jimmer is a shooter. He's not a basketball player. He plays poor defense, he's not quick, and he's not a willing passer. JJ Reddick plays solid defense, can create hit own shot, and it doesn't help that he's fundamentally sound since he played under coach K at Duke. Jimmer is the Tim Tebow of basketball. Until he shakes his ego and actually puts in the work to be a good player, he won't sniff the NBA.
chill it's one team with bad defense.
Jimmer freddette is better then a lot of guards in the NBA including Ty Lawson
+Nazeon Bailey thats what the NBA does, pick the worst players to play and put the best players in the D league.
Better than curry
+415Underdog LoL.
@415Underdog ty Lawson was good in Denver now he seems ass
+Jeorge Ancheta Yea you're taking about Seth curry right ?
Damn could she sound any more disappointed of her current life and Jimmers situation? Wow what a terrible wife. Feel sorry for Jimmer. Hopefully she's not as bad as she seems in this video.
Humbling experience. This just shows no matter how good you were in college.
His wife saying "He was the Justin Bieber of BYU" to describe how good he is at bball LOL
Skip Bayless is such a scrub. Shouldn't have been drafted? GTFO man. It's dudes like this who say the same about Damian Lillard.
Are you seriously fucking comparing Damian Lillard to this guy
Pinoyako11705 Not at all, but it's a ridiculous statement either way. Fredette was definitely worth drafting and taking a chance on. If you asked Skip about Lillard pre draft he'd likely tell you the same thing.
***** 1st round he is not, but that isn't what Skip said, he said he shouldn't' be drafted at all.
People forget that when Jimmer came out of BYU skip was a huge supporter and thought he was going to be really good
BAZ00KA J0 Don't disagree at all and I knew he would have problems as he is a PG size but doesn't have the handle or quickness for the position and he's too small for SG. Still, to say he wasn't worth drafting at all is ridiculous. Skip shouldn't be on TV and his sports knowledge is suspect at best.
I always knew Kemba was better
true I knew he'd be elite seeing him play at UConn
Lol the hornets suck
+RastasNevaDie what's kemba being better than jimmer back in his college days have to do with the play of the rest of his team, L
+Scoop2427 Kemba got destroyed by GSW dub city kemba got no D
+RastasNevaDie And that's why the Hornets are the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference and are more than likely going to make it out of the first round. Yup they suck a lot.
2:59 right in the "Knick" of time 😒😓
And now he is back to the league!
3:23 "I James T Fredette agree on this day (Jan 27, 2007) to do to the work..."
Jimmer was born February of 1989. Meaning he wrote that note when he was eighteen?
Yeah
I mean honestly all he can do is shoot, I'm not surprised he faltered. Sure he was good at college hoops cause college ball isn't nearly as athletic as NBA ball. He can't play defense at the professional level because he's not quick enough, he doesn't have good enough court vision to be a pure point guard, and he can't drive to the basket and score cause he's not athletic enough for the NBA. When you're a 6'2" scoring oriented guard, you better have some stellar perimeter defense and either awesome passing skills or supreme athletic ability, otherwise you're doomed.
Agree 100%
+Aiden Rae i agree. in my opinion, his main problem is his attitude/intellect. all you hear in this video is how the nba is cool and a goal, how the old days were cool, and how the d-league is not cool. never about reasons, things he did wrong, things he needs to improve on the court.
it's obvious he still wants to be the hero and he also just plays heroball to this day, while not realizing he flatout sucks by NBA standards. if he realized that, got his head straight, turned humble and work hard to change his game to find a spot in the NBA, i'm sure he could've made it. for example, calderon is unathletic aswell, can't drive/score 2's, can't defend. but he can handle, he can pass, hit the 3 - all at a good enough level to easily outweigh his negatives on the court. that's the only spot jimmer can realistically aim for, but he never did. he has to develop pg skills and vision or else he will rot in the d-league forever. unfortunately, i don't see him changing and making it in the nba ever. he should just go to europe and play a good role there. it should fit his style a lot more and he can be the man again. and his wife might enjoy the glory again, as well.
+Aiden Rae Yes your correct thats all he can do is shoot. Hes like a steve kerr john paxson etc. Hes just a spot up shooter. He would have been in the nba if he wanted to play that role but he doesnt want to he wants to be the man. Which will not work.Thats why NBA teams dont want him cos he thinks all nba teams are stupid.
lmao so stupid, so many NBA All Stars cant play defense, Harden, Isaiah Thomas, Lillard, Kyrie, Mudiay, Dennis schroder, everyone I listed is trash defensivly just look at their plus minus if you dont believe me. hell even Seth Curry is in the league and all he can do is shoot. If Jimmer was Black he would be in the league lets be honest. He is a spot up sniper from 3 that could easily come off the bench on any team and get some buckets without turning the ball over. You say so much bullshit, I mean who is a true point gaurd in the league right now.. Chris paul, Rondo, Lonzo Ball? lmao thats about it..all the other elite point gaurds in the nba are scoring point gaurds, which jimmer wouldnt even play the point anyway. At the end of the day he doesn't pass the eye test because hes white. Not for anything else. It's a sad, cold world.
Josh your right all those guys you named are not good defenders,but when you compare them to jimmer they look like world class defenders..jimmer looks like he doesn’t even try on defence..it’s one thing to be bad at defence but when you put zero effort into it you will never make it in the nba..and I guess your theory about him being white doesn’t apply to Tyler Cavanaugh,Miles Plumlee,Joe Harris,Nik Stauskas,Frank Kaminsky,Cody Zeller ,Ron Baker ,Luke Kornet just to name a few because all of them are white and are in the nba but they won’t let jimmer in the nba because he’s white,that makes alot of sense
I don't get the ny Knicks. In the 2 games he played for them he scored more points than 4 or 5 of there players but didn't get resigned he didn't have bad numbershe had rebounds and assists a plus 50 fg near 100 Ft and new York are shit anyway
This guy deserves a break. Been rooting for him since I first saw his college highlights. He definitely has what it takes to not just be in the NBA, but actually be a star in the NBA. 👌 Jimmer, Jimmer, Jimmer!
I just became a Jimmer Fredette fan. Great video. 👍
I used him in my 2k14 team all the time, he was really good.
Better to have than to never had
exactly man people expect shit to last forever
wow did you fuck that up. better to have had and lost than to never have at all.
His career was over when he got drafted by the kings
+thomas bradley Bucks* he got traded to the Kings
Why is Ben Stiller watching his games?
+AK540i he lives in Westchester, where Jimmer's team plays
Because he wants to
the grind gonna show
MY FAV COLLEGE PG & HE IS STILL PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL!!
I feel like his wife is a gold digger she dosent encourage she's negative
+William Aubin she really did. She looks like a bitch too
+Patrick Ongudu stupid assumptions
+William Aubin yeah that's what happens when you're rich. Gold diggers come flocking
Whitney fredette seems very unhappy with him
Gotta work on that Handle, JJ Reddick had the same problem
I watched every game he played when he was on the Kings. From coming off the bench to even starting! I remember watching him and he always seemed hesitate to shoot the ball! He would always pass the ball instead. I'm thinking in my mind shoot!! He had a lot of chances here in Sac. It's too bad he was released! I always got excited when he was on the court!
He was never really on top though. Maybe for a little bit in college but that’s it. There are so many players like Fredette. Great talents in college. That just can’t cut it in the nba.
Too good for D-league. Not good enough for NBA.
That's crazy. Sixers should give him a shot
What a shame his girlfriend gives him zero support even to the media
+Alex Swartz that actually his wife which is even worse.
Should start over Calderon tbh
+Tyler Armstrong anyone should ;(, shit start Amundson at pg, at least amundson would do something on the court
+Junior2Xtreme Amundson is the worst C of all time. Calederon was a beast in Toronto
What a good story! Talk about a fall from grace to pick yourself back up and GRIND to realize your dreams again.
He seems like such a sweetheart. Wish the thunder would sign him, they need more shooters and I just so happen to be from Oklahoma.
I spot a gold digger
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMn if she is she's an awful one
Yes she is
@@nikolairose2739 he's making millions in Asia.
When you break the D league scoring record and the knicks pick you up.
Right?
Sorry you have to play under Rambis, who'd rather give Sasha Vujacic playing time instead and he hasn't made a shot in 3 months... shameful.
+jon Q Kurt rambis is coach of the Knicks. he wants people that can do what it takes to win. I like Jimmer, but he is a one trick pony. All he can do at an NBA level is shoot, No defence, rebounds and looses the ball to often, Some peoples skill set peaks at different levels. Jimmer seems to have found his celling at a D league level. He is good but not at an NBA level. I am not sure what Sasha can do either, but Rambis seems to want to play him from time to time. Jimmer will end the year shooting 1 for 1, with 3 points.
+tam hill hes basically a curry from a few years back
tam hill The guy can flat out score. There are plenty of 'stars' who play zero defense in this league and get a pass... I am just tired of zero offense coming from the knicks back court... he can help off the bench. there is always a place on the floor for spot up shooters, although jimmer can also create off the dribble.
point is, why not see what the results are playing him instead of sasha? it can't be any worse.
jon Q I think you both are right, But jimmer can score off the bench for 15 mins a game, while sasha cant. But his lack of D or his ball handeling probs will come back to haunt him. But for a 15 mins a game guy he should be worth a shot. If only to give Mr Vujacic a few days off. Or a few weeks , months or the rest of the year. I dont care as long as he dosnt play. And if Jimmer can up his D, maybe he can fill a spot and get regular minutes.
tam hill we're losing anyway, may as well give the fans something...
Now is a star in a legendary team of Euroleague, Panathinaikos BC, Greece, the team of R. Pitino. Yes, he is not so good defender, the big his problem in NBA, but he is a word class scorer from everywere.
I was probably about 6-7 when he was in college and I first heard about him a few years ago when he was on the westchester knicks and he went off, he should get another chance at the nba