BYU basketball: Could Nick Emery be the next Jimmer?

By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Monday, April 30 2012 1:39 p.m. MDT

Lone Peak's #4 Nick Emery gets around Kearns' #2 Taylor Yeager as Kearns and Lone Peak play Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 at the Maverik Center in the first round of state playoffs.

Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News

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Summary

Nick Emery, a junior at Lone Peak high school, plans on enrolling at BYU. He scored 34 points in a tournament over the weekend.

NBCsports.com asks that question after Emery's performance last weekend at the Hoop Group Jamfest in Philadelphia.

Emery, the younger brother of former Cougar star Jackson Emery — who played in the same backcourt with Fredette — scored 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, and had 12 rebounds in the first game of the Jamfest last Friday.

Nick Emery will be a senior next season, then plans on enrolling at BYU. He downplayed comparisons to Fredette, but clearly loves Fredette's game.

“I like the way Jimmer plays," he said. "I make my game like his. He’s crafty. I like that style and I mimick that a lot.”

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dutgut

Saint George, UT

Can we please stop comparing everyone and everything to Jimmer? Nick Emery will never be Jimmer. He may end up being better than Jimmer but let's understand that Jimmer Mania was a very unique situation. Even if Nick ends up being better, the More..

2:17 p.m. April 30, 2012
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CougFaninTX

Frisco, TX

The future looks bright for BYU basketball! I haven't seen Nick play, but I have a few friends who have seen him play. Here's some adjectives that they use to describe his game - efficient, accurate, sound, and some have even said More..

3:02 p.m. April 30, 2012
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Veritas Aequitas

Fruit Heights, UT

Who was the next Ainge, Van Horn, Miller?

Agree with Dutgut.

Jimmermania was fun. It's over. Move on.

2:53 p.m. April 30, 2012
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