Comments on: Jimmer fever in Sacramento might help bring new arena

By: cbrucea

cbrucea — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:29:18 +0000

We can argue the point till the cows come in, time will tell all..
If he is a bust people will say “I knew it” if he makes a huge difference and lights the scoreboard up people will say “I knew it”..

Fun discussion but time will let us all know what kind of difference Jimmer Fredette makes in the NBA…

We hope he is not like the Pistol, Pete died at 40 of a heart defect that should have killed him before he was a teenager..
Pistol Pete was fun to watch…

By: gs7101

gs7101 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:04:05 +0000

This guy is no Maravich; not even close!

By: trickybastard

trickybastard — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:28:59 +0000

Aaron, let me not be the first to say your writing style sucks. You’re all over the place.

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:41:55 +0000

He wont be able to deal with lenth of other players look at jj barrea friend.

By: passerby23

passerby23 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:03:43 +0000

Isn’t that what they said about Steve Nash? Weren’t teams going to go right at John Stockton and “expose” him? Jimmer can make plays. Steve Nash has not been a brilliant defender in his career but he has learned how to be good enough to mask his deficiencies and not be a defensive liability. I think Jimmer will do the same.

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:44:19 +0000

I hope this kid does well in the nba he was a stud in college. I hope he becomes a star, he seems humble.

By: royalsfaninfargo

royalsfaninfargo — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:57:00 +0000

Have you climbed down off your soapbox yet Aaron?

By: mrklutch

mrklutch — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:07:30 +0000

Funny, they said the same thing about Stephen Curry and he seemed to be just fine.

By: cbrucea

cbrucea — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:25:00 +0000

I hate hearing about how someone can’t make it in the NBA, they said that about the Pistol, for those of you to young, Google “”Pistol Pete” Press Maravich”.
In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History by a panel made up of NBA historians, and coaches.

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:48:24 +0000

Jimmer is starting to remind me of the Tim Tebow frenzy in the NFL. (I think they even look a bit alike.) Both guys had outstanding college careers with fair questions raised about how their games would translate to the next level. And both seem to attract the most passionate opinions…both ways. So, you’ve got people just in love with them even before they’ve done anything at the pro level facing off against others so intent on tearing them down they try to pretend their stellar college careers never happened.

By: shotginn

shotginn — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:43:08 +0000

NBA material or not, people still will flock to see Jimmer, if he performs half as much as people hope he does, the new look kings will be fun to watch. its officially JIMMER TIME….http://bit.ly/me4tPH

By: buckybadger

buckybadger — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:33:56 +0000

The kid simply isn’t NBA material. He won’t be able to deal with the length of the people guarding him and he isn’t going to start magically playing defense. Every time he is on the court teams will go right at him, no hiding him like BYU did. Also his shot is very inconsistent. Just look at the stats. Sacramento might get something back initially with all the hype but once the games start getting played they will figure out why he was at BYU and not the Big East.

By: 1historian

1historian — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:17:15 +0000

Aaron – now that you seem to have survived your hyperbolic frenzy, the question arises: can you write?

By: meatloaf025

meatloaf025 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:35:44 +0000

To the writer, please be impartial, not a hater. When you don’t give the kid the benefit of the doubt and waiting until the season, I don’t think is fair.

He made everything he had to do to be drafted in the lottery. He earn every penny of his scholarship and we all know the qualities he has.
I have to remind you this is a business and even the Maloofs being the terrible businessmen they are, the Jimmer was the right one from that point of view.
Also, remember entertainment is about fantasy, and we the fans have the right to dream.

Maybe he won’t succeed, but your treatment of him have been unfair, now. 6,7 months later write again and tell your opinion then.

By: passerby23

passerby23 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:22:13 +0000

Sacramento has a lot of needs. This is filling one. They will likely get another high pick next year to continue building with, plus trades and free agency. Jimmer can make plays, he’s not just a scorer. I like the move.

By: ac0117

ac0117 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:18:23 +0000

This kings team is going to be sooo bad… how can they play with tyreke, thornton, jimmer and salmons… all 4 of those are shoot first shoot second pass third guards

By: svallen

svallen — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:12:04 +0000

Jimmer has definitely made a splash in the NBA world. A sight I follow consistently called Spotrac (http://www.spotrac.com/) has had Jimmer as the top searched player, for player contracts for the past 3 or 4 days, and he doesn’t even have a real contract yet. That shows people are really interested in him.

If it helps keep the Kings in Sacramento, then it is a great move for the Kings.