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Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:52 am
by Wolfay
I didn't see a thread on it, but it's official. Jimmer sucks. Not even the Spurs could make something out of him. Doesn't have the physical tools, skills or IQ, and the one thing he was supposedly good at, shooting, disappeared. Anyway...
Jimmer Mania came to an end right around the time Jimmer Fredette took the last of those pulsating, pull-up 3-point bombs from, oh, five to 10 feet beyond the line, during his thrilling senior year at Brigham Young. The problem for Fredette – and his devoted collection of fans stretching from upstate New York to the middle of Utah – was the continued expectation that the craze would find a home of some kind in the NBA, where short shooting guards with slow feet and no ability to adjust aren't long for the league.
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"Jimmer thinks everybody is stupid," said an NBA assistant who worked with Fredette. "He thinks everybody needs to come and just turn over their offense and let him shoot it anytime he wants. That's not how the league works."
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Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:00 am
by Bishop45
Those are some harsh words... he's 26 and it doesn't look good for him career wise
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:16 am
by Zombiesonics
Backseat moderating, evading the language filter
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:17 am
by 83SixersRocked
Not that we ever kick anyone when they're down around here.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:31 am
by Orange Mamba
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAUVV8BXwlI[/youtube]
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:17 am
by spacemonkey
The league will miss that fantastic jaw.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:21 am
by Dame Lizard
Some people mightn't be surprised that Jimmer wasn't successful in the NBA, but it's very surprising he couldn't even carve out a niche as being a shooter.
It's surprising his good college shooting never even translated to the NBA (well, so far anyway.....).
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:29 am
by Slava
Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismack Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:07 am
by Ballerhogger
Not worked for the kings at all
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:27 am
by Winglish
I promise I could draft better than the Kings.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:37 am
by jazzfan1971
I'm kinda surprised that the Jazz haven't signed him. Sign him for vet min and sell a ton of jersies, then let him go later on if he isn't useful.
Profit.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:37 am
by Blame Rasho
Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismarck Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
I just was looking for the Kings draft war room youtube vid, and shockingly enough I can't find it anywhere. They were creaming in their pants that that Staukas was on the board when they drafted him.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:39 am
by youOK
What I find crazy is that him and Stephen Curry had almost identical college stats and the same knocks against both of them coming out. (too small, not explosive, below average nba athlete) yet one is the MVP and one is out of the league.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:48 am
by tbennett5438
Blame Rasho wrote:Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismarck Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
I just was looking for the Kings draft war room youtube vid, and shockingly enough I can't find it anywhere. They were creaming in their pants that that Staukas was on the board when they drafted him.
They had it taken down lol
http://grantland.com/features/sacramento-kings-draft-nik-stauskas/
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:40 am
by southern wolf
White college sensation proves to be a bust in the NBA. Shock.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:59 am
by Dame Lizard
Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismack Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
I would have loved to see who they would have drafted if they had the #1 pick in each of those years.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:13 am
by LouisLitt
amk233 wrote:What I find crazy is that him and Stephen Curry had almost identical college stats and the same knocks against both of them coming out. (too small, not explosive, below average nba athlete) yet one is the MVP and one is out of the league.
Curry is a better shooter, has a quicker release, a much better handle, and has better court vision. Not really surprising.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:18 am
by Domejandro
Dame Lizard wrote:Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismack Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
I would have loved to see who they would have drafted if they had the #1 pick in each of those years.
To their credit, they probably wouldn't have picked Anthony Bennett with the first overall pick.
With the flashes of David Kahn still rattling in my brain, I can tell you that it could be worse, haha.
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:41 am
by KF10
Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismack Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
A thread about the waiving of Jimmer and somehow you post the Kings' past 5 years of draft selections?
Great!
Re: Spurs waive Jimmer Fredette
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:54 am
by Slava
KF10 wrote:Slava wrote:Kings lottery picks since Cousins
Bismack Biyombo - traded on draft day for Fredette - subsequently bought out
Thomas Robinson - traded away in his rookie season
Ben Mclemore
Nik Stauskas - Traded after rookie season
Willie Cauley-stein
Sweet baby Jesus!
A thread about the waiving of Jimmer and somehow you post the Kings' past 5 years of draft selections?
Great!
You might be better off avoiding the GB if you are this sensitive mate.