Suns sign Fredette for rest of season
PHOENIX (AP) — Jimmer Fredette is back in the NBA.
The Phoenix Suns signed Fredette for the rest of the season Friday with a team option for 2019-20.
Fredette, who is 30 years old, led the country in scoring with 28.9 points per game in his senior season at BYU in 2011. This achievement won him every national college player of the year award. After being selected as the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by Milwaukee, he was traded to Sacramento.
Fredette’s success in college never translated to the NBA, where he averaged 6.0 points over five seasons with four different teams. He most recently spent three seasons with Shanghai in the Chinese Basketball Association, topping the league’s scoring last season with an impressive 36.9 points per game.
