Jimmer Fredette faded into NBA obscurity but resurrected his career in China - now he's going to the Olympics in Paris with USA's 3x3 basketball team

He's taken a scenic route to the Olympics as a 3x3 player for Team USA Jimmer Fredette played for five NBA teams after starring at BYU in college After all the accolades, the lofty expectations, the national fanfare - Jimmer Fredette's time in the limelight was seemingly up. Jimmer Fredette will be back in the spotlight this summer as a member of the USA 3x3 team Fredette first played for the USA 3x3 in 2022 and appeared at the World Cup last year 'If I would've just quit after the NBA, none of this could have been possible,' the former lottery pick exclusively told Mail Sport, as he finds himself center stage once again with Team USA's 3x3 team. Fredette became a national sensation at BYU as he brought the school into the limelight But things didn't work out for Fredette in the NBA, where he began his career with the Kings Spending the 2016-19 seasons with the Shanghai Sharks, Fredette managed to recreate the outrageous levels he reached at BYU, where he re-defined college shooting range and briefly made BYU known as a basketball school nationwide. Canyon Barry, Dylan Travis, Fredette and Kareem Maddox will compete in Paris Fredette is reinvigorated and said he hasn't been this motivated since he starred at BYU And he's reenergized as Team USA seeks gold this summer, after losing to Serbia in the finals of last year's World Cup.