Comments about ‘Jimmer Fredette, BYU guard, returns to play in his New York home town’

Great article about Jimmer and his brother. If all players had a brother like that who knows what would happen. Best to Jimmer and the Cougars as they play in the home town tonight. Way to go TJ in helping the little guy prepare for a Basketball career.

Go Cougars.

Although much of the content of this article has been available before, I enjoyed the read.

Many thanks to the Fredettes for the opportunity to be a Jimmer fan. I make a point of catching all of the BYU games on television, the internet, or KSL online. The BYU basketball team is a good one, and I look forward to following them this year.

Winning the MWC championship will be a real challenge this year with UNLV, San Diego State University, and New Mexico. Tonight's game will be a tough one too.

Here's to a great season for the Cougars and a long and successful NBA career for Jimmer.

Ok, I'll say it - really - a budding Mormon rapper? What is he going to rap about? Growing up on the tough streets of Glen Falls? The oppression of Mormons in Missouri back in the day? Mitt Romney? I bet TJ is excited about Jimmer getting an NBA contract...he'll need the money since he is a broke artist. There are lots of people unemployed right now - broke artists are not a group I feel empathy for. I know, who cares what I think, but the article was great up until I read that part. Weird.
Good for Jimmer, though. He's a phenom - now it hopefully won't go to his head.

I'm a Ute fan all the way, & I love to watch Fredette play. I'm a fan. One of the best players in the game right now. I look forward to watching him in the NBA.

Okay, I am a huge BYU fan and a big Jimmer fan. However, this story is getting old now. A single nice human interest story would have been great, but if I have to read or hear one more chariots of fire themed story about Jimmer playing in front of the home folks I am going to puke.

Cool story, although yes, we've heard most all of it before.
Gotta love Jimmer though. He has all the talent in the world but has managed to stay humble.
It'll be interesting to see how his game translates at the next level.

Thanks for the repeated stories. Now time to get the win tonight and move on to the next two PAC10 lineup. As for tonight game if he is open and hitting his 3's then let him show off his stuff. And I HOPE his players will get ready with their stuff. After tonight game we move on one game at a time and Please DN go back to your small routine newsy stuff including along with Jackson Emery, Davies, Hartsock, Collingsworth (2), Abouo and others. After Jimmer is finished his college careers then you can make a big splash for him but don't forget Jackson Emery which he is a hard working guy.

"Fredette returned for his senior season armed with an NCAA-sanctioned, seven-figure insurance policy against a career-ending injury, the premium of which will be based on where he is taken in the draft."

If he got a career-ending injury, who will draft him? So, then how can the premium will be determined? If no premium, that means no insurance policy, right? I am confused.

@Goodguygary
The insurance company doesn't require a premium upfront. If he has a career ending injury the policy pays out. If he doesn't the amount he pays is based on his draft position.

Ever hear of Devin Durrant? What did he average per game? You have Michael Smith, Russel Lasen and Ken Roberts....Where is Devin Durrant on that list?

5 Deseret News articles in the last three days on Fredette's triumphant return home.

Wow.

Who can imagine the explosion of coverage we will see if he ever does anything nationally significant... like winning more than one NCAA tournament game?

Thanks for the story. There are enough bad things on which to report and good things are worth repeating.

Howard S.
It takes a whole team to win a game. Keep hearing he only won 1 game, you mean BYU. A player can make game changing contributions which Jimmer does all the time. Which is why he is Jimmer. He is currently 12th in scoring in Div I basketball, do you know how many Div I players there are? and he can do it against any team in the Nation.

Great article, all the article's about Jimmer are. he is a small town, humble kid that has worked his entire life for this. Most have no idea the sacrifices that are made to achieve his level of knowledge and skill. Other players are doing great things in the game but...... Jimmer is a special player/athlete.

Jimmer's Mom only made one mistake...

She spelled his name wrong... Gee, Mom,

it should have been: "Gym-mer"

@ killerbees

I agree. Not to mention that he's 12th after being the main target of defenses this year. I've watched plenty of College Basketball this year and most of those top players don't get near the attention that Jimmer gets. He's constantly double or triple teamed.

It's nice to see that BYU steps up when Jimmer is kept from scoring 30. If that continues, I would assume that defenses will go back to a more balanced defense which should be nice for Jimmer.

Howard S. is probably a bitter Ute fan, or an Aggie fan...

Re: killerbees | 9:46 a.m. Dec. 8, 2010
Queensbury, NY

Sorry if the truth is not consistent with level of attention the Deseret News focuses on Fredette and his hero's homecoming.

Great players have the ability to elevate their teams performance to meaningful victories.

The truth is that BYU's national body of work with Fredette as their leader consists of a single NCAA tournament victory.

best wishes for a great NBA carrer ... from a Ute fan

The season is not over yet Howard.

Don't be a jealous hater Howard...Just enjoy him for what he is: a truly exceptional athlete.

What makes Jimmer all the more amazing is that he gets all his jaw-dropping numbers from the PG position.

I agree with howard granted I wont say he isnt a gifted basketball player but he is getting the biggest ego trip of his life.