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, swept all the national college player of the year awards in his senior year at BYU in 2011, having led the country with an average of 28.9 points per game. After being picked 10th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by Milwaukee, he was subsequently traded to Sacramento.
Fredette’s success in college was not replicated in his NBA career, where he averaged 6.0 points over five seasons with four different teams. His last three seasons were spent playing for Shanghai in the Chinese Basketball Association, where he led the league in scoring last season, averaging 36.9 points per game.
