Jimmer Fredette is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 25, 1989 in Glens Falls, New York State, United States. NBA shooting guard, who was selected in the 10th round by Sacramento Kings in the 2011 following a stellar professional career with Brigham Young University. He signed with Shanghai Sharks in 2017. Shanghai Sharks in 2017.
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James Taft “Jimmer” Fredette (born February 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Fredette was the 2011 National Player of the Year in college basketball after ranking as the leading scorer in all of NCAA Division I during his senior season for the BYU Cougars. He was subsequently selected with the tenth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, but only played limited minutes across four teams over five NBA seasons. He spent the majority of the 2015–16 season in the NBA Development League, during which he won the All-Star Game MVP. In 2016, he joined the CBA’s Shanghai Sharks, and during the 2016–17 CBA season, he led the league in scoring, at 37.6 points per game, counting all phases of the season (although Errick McCollum was the league’s scoring champion, as only regular season stats count toward that award). He also won the CBA International MVP award that season.
Fredette played in all 33 games of his sophomore season starting 32 of them. He was second on the team in scoring (16.2), three-point shooting percentage (.382), three-point makes (52), and free throw percentage (.847), and first in steals (1.5) and assists (4.1). He scored in double figures 29 times and had 20-plus points 8 times. Fredette led the team in scoring 10 times, assists 19 times, and was named first team all Mountain West. Fredette became BYU’s first point guard to earn first-team all-conference honors since Marty Haws in 1990.
He was married to BYU Cheerleader Whitney Wonnacott at the Denver LDS Temple on June 1st 2012. They welcomed their girl, Wesley James, in 2017.
