Brethren, adieu?

[TripletDaddy]

Do we lose Jimmer this season?

It could happen.

[SCcoug]

Do we lose Jimmer this season?

It could happen.

No way, Jimmer comes back to lead the Cougs to a win in the Glen Falls civic center. You don't pass up an opportunity to ball in the GFCC.

[Goatnapper'96]

Do we lose Jimmer this season?

It could happen.

I think he comes back for another year. He isn't quite ready. I predict he declares for the draft, doesn't hire an agent and returns to BYU after showing well. In fact, I doubt he is even a first round draft choice. I do think he will play in the NBA, but I doubt anyone drafts him in the first round.

[falafel]

nah. I don't see him jumping to go as a 2nd round pick. He'll probably be a second rounder next year too, but at least he's got one more year to throw up gaudy stats and hope for a first round pick.

[SeattleUte]

Do we lose Jimmer this season?

It could happen.

Now you're not being serious.

[Moliere]

Now you're not being serious.

Why not? His NCAA tourney stats dwarf those of the great Andre Miller.

[TripletDaddy]

Now you're not being serious.

I am wondering. He is a second-round pick, but he will likely be a second-round pick next year, too. He has little to gain by coming back, esp if he has another good game against K-State.

37 points off 50% shooting is a nice line when coaches all over the country already love your game.

This is from an OKC newspaper yesterday:

Their plan is proceeding. Experts project Fredette as a second-round pick in this summer’s NBA Draft. Florida junior forward Chandler Parsons, the one Gator who’s faced Fredette as AAU summer league foes, calls him "one of the strongest guards I’ve ever seen.”
Parsons compared Brigham Young to Southeastern Conference rivals Auburn and Mississippi State in the way they shoot 3s and the speed with which they advance the ball. Teammate Dan Werner saw some subtle differences: "These guys pass the ball a lot more than putting the ball on the floor.”
Donovan saw no SEC comparisons to BYU or Fredette, not even in Kentucky freshman John Wall, the likely No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft this summer, or South Carolina’s Devan Downey, who lead the SEC in scoring at 22.5 points.
"I don’t think either one of these two guys impact a college game like Fredette does,” Donovan said. "As much as I have great, great respect and admiration for Wall and Downey, those guys can’t get 50 in a game. They can’t get to the line 24 times in a game.
"Fredette is one of the best-kept secrets in college basketball, and as a coach and a basketball fan and someone that loves the game, to be able to watch him on film was really, really a great treat.”

[DU Ute]

Why not? His NCAA tourney stats dwarf those of the great Andre Miller.

[UtahDan]

I think you could lose him this year. It is not hard at all to see him on the same road as Travis Hansen. Build the resume by spending a year with an NBA team, or in the developmental league, then go make some money in Turkey or Greece. He is not going to have an NBA career, but he could certainly spring board to a nice career in Europe. It isn't NBA money but it is nothing to sneeze at.

[TripletDaddy]

I think you could lose him this year. It is not hard at all to see him on the same road as Travis Hansen. Build the resume by spending a year with an NBA team, or in the developmental league, then go make some money in Turkey or Greece. He is not going to have an NBA career, but he could certainly spring board to a nice career in Europe. It isn't NBA money but it is nothing to sneeze at.

I don't think he has an NBA career, either, which is why i think he may jump. He really has little to gain by coming back.

Compare to Harvey, who probably doesn't have a great NFL career ahead of him but can't go to Greece and play football for comparable NFL money. So Harvey comes back for one last glory year and then off to a career in cell phone kiosk sales.

[wuapinmon]

O So Harvey comes back for one last glory year and then off to a career in cell phone kiosk sales.

Ouch!

[CardiacCoug]

I am wondering. He is a second-round pick, but he will likely be a second-round pick next year, too. He has little to gain by coming back, esp if he has another good game against K-State.

37 points off 50% shooting is a nice line when coaches all over the country already love your game.

This is from an OKC newspaper yesterday:


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But you notice that Donovan specifically said that Jimmer dominates the college game. That is his way of saying that he knows Jimmer won't have much of an NBA career compared with somebody like John Wall.

[ERCougar]

I don't think he has an NBA career, either, which is why i think he may jump. He really has little to gain by coming back.

Compare to Harvey, who probably doesn't have a great NFL career ahead of him but can't go to Greece and play football for comparable NFL money. So Harvey comes back for one last glory year and then off to a career in cell phone kiosk sales.

Well, that's a pretty safe guess on 90% of good college basketball players, so you'll likely end up being right, but I don't see any reason why he can't have an NBA career. He reminds me a lot of Stockton. Plays at a fairly slow pace, but can shift gears on a dime to slide in for a layup. He lulls people. And he's a good passer and a great shooter. And he's strong. What's not to like?

I don't get where this "Jimmer can't succeed in the NBA" idea comes from.

[SeattleUte]

But you notice that Donovan specifically said that Jimmer dominates the college game. That is his way of saying that he knows Jimmer won't have much of an NBA career compared with somebody like John Wall.

You can't trust anything a guy like Donovan says about an opponent he's about to play anyway. It's all posturing.

[cougjunkie]

Well, that's a pretty safe guess on 90% of good college basketball players, so you'll likely end up being right, but I don't see any reason why he can't have an NBA career. He reminds me a lot of Stockton. Plays at a fairly slow pace, but can shift gears on a dime to slide in for a layup. He lulls people. And he's a good passer and a great shooter. And he's strong. What's not to like?

I don't get where this "Jimmer can't succeed in the NBA" idea comes from.

I actually agree. If Steve Blake, Luke Ridnour, Kirk Hinrich, and even a guy like Andre Miller can have NBA careers why not Jimmer? They are all similar players except Jimmer is a better shooter.