Jimmer Fredette tries to rebuild NBA career in D-League

Jimmer Fredette tries to rebuild NBA career in D-League

Jimmer Fredette scoring 59 points in his first two D-League games doesn't exactly have Knicks officials turning cartwheels.

[...] he also squandered three late scoring chances during a one-point loss Wednesday.

"[...] I have goals," Fredette said after his second game with the Westchester Knicks, the latest stop of a vagabond, DNP-ridden professional career.

[...] the catalyst Fredette wore down in the last three minutes, having one drive end in a blocked shot, then an airballed runner with a minute left down one point; followed by the final possession set up for him — but it produced a desperate 35-footer from a teammate.

Fredette couldn't quite duplicate his 37-point debut Monday when he did just about everything in the blowout win but strap on an old Glens Falls or BYU jersey to recall when he was first a Section II scoring champ and four years later a national player of the year.

Fredette, 26, was the 10th overall NBA draft pick in 2011 after leading BYU to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 30 years.

The template is now a 5,000-seat auditorium-like venue that still includes cheerleaders and all of the in-game buzz you'd find at NBA games — just at considerably marked-down budgets.

Teammate Cleanthony Early was a standout who helped Wichita State to a Final Four (2013) and was a second-round draft pick last year who's bouncing between both Knicks teams.

Fredette still talks about "doing what I do" — aggressively trying to score — but Knicks officials are just as happy to witness him moving the ball and creating offense, as Fredette has done solidly so far in the D-League.