Gimmer Fredate, a college basketball standout, who later starred in China and with USA basketball, declared his retirement from the game on Wednesday.
“It’s time to say goodbye to basketball,” he posted X. “I have loved every second of my career through good and evil! Thank you all for the support of all the years. Basketball has created me which I am today. What’s next in my life with my family!”
The 36 -year -old Fredate, Glenn Falls, grew up in NY, and played four sessions at BOU, leading to an event known as “Zimramania”. In 2011, he led Byu in Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, where the third seeds fell into Florida in Cougars overtime, and the national player of the year was also nominated.
It is time to say goodbye to basketball. I have loved every second of my career through good and bad! Thanks to all of you for support throughout the year. Basketball has created me which I am today. Excited to what is next in my life with my family! pic.twitter.com/rx4r8y4yfg
– Gimmer Fredate (@jimmerfredette) April 23, 2025
As a senior, Fredate led the scorer of all Division I, which was with 28.9 points per game and also shot 39.6 percent from the 3-point range. All-American Guard provided 3.4 rebounds and 4.3 assistance per game.
However, he never found his niche in NBA. In 2011, the draft of No. 10 was prepared, it appeared in 241 sports for five teams in parts of six sessions. Those sports wholesale came up with Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelican, and played in 16 joint games with Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Sun and New York Nax.
Fredate went to play four sessions in China and one season in Europe and was named the MVP of the Chinese Basketball League in the 2016-17 season, when he received 37.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.3 assistance and shot 41.1 percent from the 3-point area. In China, he had 70 and 75 points.
His final Basketball Act was as the leader of the United States 3×3 basketball team, and he entered a medal contender as a top -order player in the game in the Paris Olympics in the last summer. But Fredate faced an adicter injury in the second game of the tournament and, unable to convert it to the roster with rules, was out of the US medal.
Fredate is a partner in Tendom Venture Partners, who is an enterprise capital firm in Utah.
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