There's some talk of Jimmer Fredette going to the Pacers or maybe the Jazz... http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/60257/flurry-of-trade-talks-surrounding-draft The Sacramento Kings are looking to acquire a second first-round pick and are using guard Jimmer Fredette as bait. Sources say the Kings have reached out to a number of teams in the mid-to-late first round in an attempt to secure another pick. Both the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz are potential destinations for Jimmer. Kings coach Mike Malone is enamored with both Tim Hardaway Jr. and Tony Snell, but the Kings feel that they can get them much lower in the draft. In addition to the Pacers' Jimmer discussions, sources say Indiana has made the No. 23 pick available in hopes that an interested party would be willing to take on the contract of Gerald Green for the right to acquire Indy's pick. ---- Hmmm.... so combining the two thoughts, maybe the Pacers could unload mistake signing Gerald Green, replace DJ Augustin with Jimmer as backup PG, save a little money for the big payday coming Paul George's way after next year and a lesser payday for Lance Stephenson, and the cost is pick #23. It would at least help the shooting off the bench. Do you do it? Should it give a Pacers fan a Jimmer? Can he guard anybody at all? Could a better PG than Jimmer slide to #23: Larkin (unlikely), Schroeder (unlikely), Canaan, Green....??? ---- I'm not really Jimmered up about the prospect of getting Jimmer to be honest.
Don't see the Kings getting back anything of that value for Fredette. He doesn't look good at all. I think they'd probably get a 2nd rounder for him, or have to package him with something for a first (or take back a bad contract)
I'd be very surprised if Sacramento was able to fetch a first-rounder for him. He's really been that bad.
Perception vs. reality? White players under contract for the Pacers next year: Mile Plumlee African American players under contract for the Pacers next year: Hibbert Granger Hill George Stephenson Mahinmi Johnson Green to decide on, with respect to qualifying offers: T Hansbrough (white) B Hansbrough (white) Jeff Pendergraf (African American) free agents (all African Americans) West Augustin Young
OKC was interested in him at the deadline. If I were Sacramento, I'd offer Jimmer and a 2nd rounder for OKC's early 2nd round pick and DeAndre Liggins.
Jimmer was bad on a horrible team that offers no development, system or consistency. It was a team of chuckers and everyone was for themselves. The owner was bad, the GM was bad, the coach was bad, the players were bad, the arena was bad... EVERYTHING was laughably bad. Now, I am not saying he would be good on a good team, but with his skills and specialties were no use on that team. He does have decent handling skills and elite shooting skills. He also brings the Mormon fan base the same way JLin brings his own fan base. If I were a team with a late first-round pick or early second-round pick, I would take a flyer on him.
I don't know about bad. To me, bad is when you get minutes and you fail to fill the duties expected of the roll you're playing while on the court. As a shooter and scorer, he's actually been quite effective. .417 from downtown is nothing to sneeze at, and his true shooting % of .546 puts him neck and neck with a guy like Carlos Delfino. On a per 36 minute basis, his scoring extrapolates to about 18 points per game. That said, in the 13 games where he played between 20 and 30 minutes this past season (average of 23.1 minutes) he scored 13.4 points per game on .467 overall shooting and .500 from behind the arc. Those are damn good percentages, and the 13.4 point average in 23.1 minutes is actually ahead of his expected production based on per 36. Has he been worth the #10 pick? No, not yet he hasn't. But I wouldn't say he's been bad. With the right team and more opportunities I think he could be a valuable scoring spark off the bench for a good team.
Oh, god. It'd be all we'd hear about on ESPN. "Jimmer went for 25 last night to stop the Knicks' 3 game skid. Is there a power struggle between Jimmer and Melo for the #1 spot on the Knicks offense?"
