Jimmer Fredette was mentioned yesterday by Eamonn Brennan at ESPN.com as having the potential to become one of the best NBA players to ever emerge from the Mountain West Conference. Any smidgen of praise for the former BYU star triggers a nasty torrent of misinformed comments from the Jimmer haters.
As a result, I just wanted to remind all of the Jimmer haters of one inconvenient truth:
Jimmer Fredette has been as good as Ray Allen this season.
If Jimmer sucks, so does Ray Allen. It’s true.
Statistically speaking, the per-minute productivity of the two players was nearly indistinguishable during the 2012-2013 regular season. Fredette and Allen play similar roles for their respective teams by providing scoring off the bench and a lethal three-point threat that keeps defenses honest. They were equally effective filling this role this year.
Because Ray Allen’s 25.8 minutes per game were significantly more than Jimmer’s 14.0, the best way to compare their productivity is by looking at their per-36 minute averages:
Per-36 mins. 2012-2013
PTS REB AST STL FG% 3PT% FT% PER
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Jimmer Fredette is as Productive as Ray Allen: An Inconvenient Truth
June 11th, 2013 by Andrew Sweat Leave a reply »
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