His five-month run as a celebrity came to a close Thursday night in the Sweet 16. Florida was the better team, and Jimmer took some pretty bad shots in the game.
For me it was strange. I've always been a huge NBA fan first and then a college hoops fan like fifth. But the Jimmer brought the college hoops game to the forefront in my mind. It's been weird.
Now Fredette will enter the NBA Draft and try to make it with the big boys. If Thursday's game was any indication of how he will play under pressure then I don't expect him to be very good as a pro. As Colin Cowherd said, "He's coming to an NBA bench near you."
Even though Jimmer will make more money as a lottery pick, he will be more productive as a later pick. If he really cares about basketball and not the money, then waiting for the Celtics, Lakers or Heat to draft him is what he should be hoping.
Right now the Lakers have Steve Blake coming off the bench to run the point. He gets like 8-10 minutes a game and is supposed to be knocking down 3-pointers. Blake doesn't always knock down 3-pointers. If the Lakers let Blake go then they can pick up Jimmer. He will come in and do what Blake is doing right now, but he will do it better.
If the Utah Jazz do the irresponsible thing of drafting Jimmer, then he will be thrown into the starting lineup. I don't think he will fair well.
Do the right thing, Jazz. Don't draft Jimmer. As for the Lakers: dump the dead weight of Blake. Jimmer can do his job better.
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ReplyDeleteJimmer better not go to the Lakers! He would look atrocious in yellow and purple. I think navy and green would really bring out his positive features. Plus, he may surprise us and become an excellent Jazz man, we honestly have nothing to lose. Plus Jimmer will probably sell seats and jerseys, which is usually a good thing. Can't wait to see where he ends up, but if it's in LA I'm probably going to move to Switzerland ;)
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