Jimmer Fredette Memories Roll In as Former BYU Star Retires
BYU legend and former NBA player, Jimmer Fredette, has officially announced his retirement from basketball effective immediately.
Although the youngsters today may not be familiar with Fredette, there was a time where “JimmerMania” took the world by storm.
More so, it happened right here in Utah as he led BYU to a Mountain West title, a #3 seed, and a sweet 16 appearance in the 2010-2011 season.
Jimmer was a certified scorer and a deep range sniper, pulling up with ease from great distances that had rarely been seen before.
Jimmer would get you a bucket, any time, anywhere.
Nowadays, Fredette’s style may seem common place in a world of wannabe Steph Curry’s, but at the time Jimmer was truly in a class few others were.
Although his journey as the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft didn’t go as planned, leading to multiple stops in the NBA, G-league, and overseas, Jimmer is still remembered as a true collegiate legend by those who know ball.
When he broke the news his basketball days were behind him, many took to social media to post their memories of the former NABC Division 1 player of the year.
A quick search on the old x.com would yield multiple results of people posting clips, stories and montages of Jimmer in honor of his retirement.
Here are some of the best of them, starting with some of his career highs:
Following the same pattern of posting career highs, this post from ClutchPoints does an excellent job tracing Fredette's journey and begs the question "would he fare any better in todays trigger happy NBA?"
One of the better way's to remember a career is by remembering the accolades.
As the old saying goes: "Careers are temporary, accolades can be found on Wikipedia forever."
How about discussions for thee basketball hall of fame?
If that seems excessive, how about some good old fashioned compliments?
None better than that of a man who called his games in Cougars radio voice, Greg Wrubell:
Yet, nothing can tie it all together like a bunch of highlight reels strung together.
Nothing says retirement of a great like old footage, some of it almost 15-20 years ago even, and yes it has been that long.
JimmerMania may have ended on April 23rd, 2025 but it will forever live on in the heart of many Utahn's and through timeless social media clips posted every 5 years that are captioned "remember this college basketball legend?".
Happy retirement Jimmer!