Devin: Jimmertime

It’s as evident as the sun rising, Brett Favre trying to make another comeback, and me being smarter than Regan. It’ll start in Houston, go west to California, east to New Orleans, and then eventually spread all across the United States and even part of Canada. It’s been all over T.V. so I know you’ve heard of it-I mean you have heard of it right? It’s only a matter of time now. None of us are safe from it; and all we can do now is accept it. So run inside, shut the door behind you, curl up in your favorite blanky, and getcha popcorn ready, cuz everybody is about to get JIMMERED!!!

There is no denying his basketball talent, so don’t even try. You could pull a Rick Reilly, look at one bad shooting night, then try to convince the nation that Jimmer is the next Adam Morrison. It’s obvious that his bias against BYU blinded his judgment on this one, the moron and joke of a sports writer Reilly admitted afterwards that the BYU vs. Florida game was the only Jimmer Fredette game he had ever watched. My apologies, please forgive me for my rant, I just had to get my 2 cents in. I am not here to bash Mr. Reilly, rather to point out the blatantly obvious! Many times while watching Jimmer play I found myself making the O face. His unlimited shooting range, unmatched hesitation move, sick crossovers, touch at the rim, and ice cold veins had me doing happy dances that took me back to Waffle Wednesdays in my middle school cafeteria. If you somehow have not had the pleasure of witnessing his game, check out this video! It’s easy to see that Jimmer has what it takes to play at the next level, I’m a firm believer in stats, and his don’t lie. His senior year he averaged 28.9 ppg, 4.3 ast, nearly 40% from downtown, and 89% from the line. He won nearly every individual award known to man and basically took his entire BYU team to the Sweet 16, doing more with less than arguably any other player in college basketball last year. Actually scratch that, there is no argument there. So after watching that video you’re probably asking yourself, “How in the world can anyone question this kids game?!”

That’s a good question, but the analysts are trying to find a way. He’s too slow to play point and too small to play shooting guard, quicker guards will have a field day with him, all in all he’s just not athletic enough. When hearing all that I just wish I could tell the analysts to say what’s really on their mind; he’s white! But what were they watching during the BYU games? It obviously wasn’t #32. Anybody who watched him can tell you what a fallacy those opinions are! He tested 3rd best in the NBA combines agility tests, beating Isaiah Thomas, Brandon Knight, and yes even Kemba Walker. Get this, his agility times even beat John Wall’s times from last years combine. If that isn’t convincing enough then put the game tapes on. Teams put 6’0 quick guards on him; Jimmer just out muscles them or use their quicks against them! Ok, that didn’t work so put your 6’8 forward on him to try and bother him with size, he’ll just go right around them or even better, shake them and shoot a 30 footer while the defender is trying to regain his balance! Have them both guard him at the same time…Fredette about it! Remember Kawhi Leonard from SDSU, the forward drafted 15th overall based solely on his defense? (His offense is all ‘potential’ right now.) He and his teams ‘fast and quick’ guards got burned for 98 points in three games by Jimmer Fredette! I’ll do the math for you, that’s 32.6 ppg against the type of defenses he should struggle against! Or look at the Sweet 16 game against Florida, when Jimmer’s jump shot wasn’t falling in the first half he was getting to the rim at will while being guarded by the lighting quick Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker. Not only was he getting to the rim easily, he was finishing at the rim against their athletic bigs! But wait, I got one more for you. Does the name Derrick Williams sound familiar, the do-it-all combo player that went 2nd overall in the NBA draft? He also had a chance to try and guard Jimmer. How did that turn out you ask…well 2 blowout losses for Arizona and 82 Jimmer points later, Williams and his Wildcats failed as well. Williams even admitted that the “only way you stopping Jimmer is when the game ends.” I’ll go as far as to say I have never seen a defender even give Jimmer trouble. The point is that Jimmer is unguardable; the only person that can beat Jimmer is Jimmer himself! If he wants to shoot he’ll either shake you like a rag doll, or take a few steps back and drain a 3. The defense just has to live with it. Listen, Jimmer’s got the athletic ability; he routinely abused bigger and faster defenders. So please stop with the nonsense that he is too slow to play in the big leagues! He’s just gonna make you, along with NBA defenders, look silly! If you don’t believe me, ask the NBA players like Derrick Rose, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade, and LeBron James who practiced against him two summers ago for the 2010 FIBA World Championships.

I know his defense has been in question and will be until he proves he can play it. But look at that BYU team last season, Jimmer was the offense! I can say with 99% confidence that I think Coach Rose didn’t want him playing hard defense and picking up silly costly fouls! If Jimmer fouls out who is going to carry that team offensively? If you doubled Jackson Emery’s average, the second leading scorer from that team, he would still be almost 4 ppg behind Jimmer! Besides, if you have the athletic ability to average nearly 30 a game you can play a little defense, it just comes with the territory. Jimmer Fredette wasn’t drafted based on potential like so many other 1st round picks nowadays, he was drafted based on his skill, talent, accomplishments, and the fact that he dominated all of college basketball last year. He is athletic, he can shoot lights out, and his basketball I.Q. is like 10x more than Regan’s regular I.Q. He has given none of us a reason to doubt him. Fredette is not only gonna make it in the NBA, he is gonna take the NBA by storm. At some point in his career he will be an All-Star, win a few 3 point contests, average 20 points with 7 assists, prove all his nay sayers wrong, and in the process hopefully put Rick Reilly out of a job! (That last one was for me.) So will Jimmer Fredette make it in the NBA? Let me put it this way; do you like your popcorn plain or buttered?