In this photo taken Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Sacramento Kings rookie guard Jimmer Fredette, left, and teammate Francisco Garcia sit on the bench as they watch the team play the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. Last March Jimmermania swept up the nation, now the former BYU star gets limited minutes with the Kings.
Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press
Jimmer Fredette's hometown newspaper in New York chronicles his turbulent rookie season with the Sacramento Kings.
"He was drafted into a league that was in a lockout. He joined the Kings as college basketball’s player of the year with expectations as high as any coming into the league," writes Michael Bonner. "Fredette was welcomed by thousands as he held an autograph signing in Sacramento. Despite being drafted 10th overall, his jersey flew off the shelves weeks before the top pick, Kyrie Irving, even saw his jersey in the Cavaliers’ pro shop. Seven games into the season, reality sunk in. The Kings fired his head coach, Paul Westphal. Keith Smart then took the reins."
The BYU softball team takes on Mississippi State at the Eugene Regional in the Cougars' eighth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
And BYU's rugby team advanced to the national championship game for the seventh straight season.
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I adore James Taft Fredette in a myriad of ways. He is an "OK" basketball player, but his game is not NBA material in any way. He is too slow to play PG, too short to play the #2 guard by a long shot. Fredette is a brilliant kid. I think he More..
We knew he was too unathletic to really be even an average NBA player, but I thought he'd be able to shoot 40% least. LOL!
Chris B....aka Ute Troll. 36% as a rookie when the entire league shooting % was down due to the lockout. He was still ahead of Kemba and Derrick Williams and several other rookies. Funny, only 1 rookie shot 40% and Jimmer also had a better % than More..