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After a year with the Westchester Knicks in the D-League, former BYU guard Jimmer Fredette decided to move to China to play for the Shanghai Sharks for the 2016-17 season.
And what an incredible season it was.
He put on scoring clinics every night, took home the Merlion Cup title, won the 3-point contest, won the league’s International MVP Award and reinvigorated a Sharks fan base that hadn’t seen success in years.
He also got more publicity stateside than he had since he left BYU. He was featured on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, had stories done about him on Yahoo, ESPN and other major publications and carried the world basketball spotlight to the CBA.
Here is a look back at that remarkable season, including all of our game stories, and videos of some of his best performances.
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, MERLION CUP, GAME 1: FREDETTE SHINES IN BIG WIN OVER KKL
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, MERLION CUP, GAME 2: ANOTHER BIG SCORING NIGHT FOR JIMMER
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, MERLION CUP, GAME 4: FREDETTE HAS BYU-ESQUE PERFORMANCE TO BRING HOME TITLE
Jimmer Fredette hits a 3-pointer from beyond half court, scores 37 in game against Houston Rockets
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 1: FREDETTE PUTS UP MONSTER NUMBERS IN BIG WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 2: FREDETTE NARROWLY MISSES TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 3: FREDETTE LEADS THE WAY AS SHARKS IMPROVE TO 3-0
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 5: FREDETTE DROPS 51 ON GUANGDONG (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 6: FREDETTE JUST MISSES MONSTER TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN WIN (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER CBA GAME 7: FREDETTE HAS CAREER REBOUNDING GAME IN LOSS (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 8: FREDETTE LIGHTS UP THE LEOPARDS IN HUGE WIN (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 10: FREDETTE LEADS SHARKS WITH HUGE DOUBLE-DOUBLE (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 11: FREDETTE LEADS SHARKS TO 10TH WIN IN 11 TRIES (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 12: SHARKS BLOW OUT FLYING TIGERS TO IMPROVE TO 11-1
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 13: FREDETTE’S HOT SHOOTING LEADS THE SHARKS TO BIG WIN (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 14: FREDETTE POSTS BIG DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN SHARKS WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 15: FREDETTE HAS CAREER NIGHT IN OVERTIME WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 16: FREDETTE LEADS SHARKS TO ANOTHER WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE NAMED ASIA-BASKET’S ASIA PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 17: FREDETTE’S BIG DOUBLE-DOUBLE LEADS SHARKS TO ANOTHER WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 18: FREDETTE HAS HUGE SCORING NIGHT IN TOUGH LOSS
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 20: FREDETTE LEADS SHARKS TO EASY WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 21: FREDETTE HAS BIG SCORING NIGHT IN WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 22: FREDETTE HAS MASSIVE SCORING NIGHT IN TOUGH SHARKS WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 23: SHARKS OVERCOME SLUGGISH START TO BEAT LONG-LIONS
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 24: BIG NIGHT FROM FREDETTE, YABUSELE NOT ENOUGH IN LOSS
JIMMER FREDETTE NAMED ASIA-BASKET.COM, ASIA PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER: FREDETTE LEADS ALL-STAR GAME IN SCORING; WINS 3-POINT CONTEST
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 26: FREDETTE HAS BIG GAME IN SHARKS’ WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 27: FREDETTE SUFFERS ANKLE INJURY IN BIG WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 28: SHARKS GET BIG WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 29: FREDETTE RETURNS TO ACTION AS SHARKS CRUSH STURGEONS
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 30: FREDETTE HAS SECOND 50-POINT GAME OF THE SEASON
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 31: SHARKS FALL INTO FIRST PLACE TIE AFTER TOUGH LOSS
Q&A: JIMMER FREDETTE TALKS ABOUT PLAYING IN CHINA, HIS SHOE DEAL AND BEING HACKED ON TWITTER
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 32: FREDETTE PUTS UP HUGE DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 33: FREDETTE LIGHTS UP THE ROCKETS LATE IN COME FROM BEHIND WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 34: FREDETTE CARRIES SHARKS TO ANOTHER WIN
JIMMER FREDETTE CBA HIGHLIGHT VIDEO RELEASED ON NBA YOUTUBE CHANNEL (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 35: FREDETTE WITH OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION IN BIG WIN (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA GAME 36: FREDETTE HAS BIG NIGHT IN TOUGH LOSS (VIDEO)
JIMMER FREDETTE SCORES 73 POINTS IN CBA REGULAR SEASON FINALE
6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JIMMER FREDETTE, THE SHANGHAI SHARKS AND THE CBA PLAYOFFS
JIMMER FREDETTE TRACKER, CBA PLAYOFFS GAME 1: SHARKS MISS FREDETTE IN BLOWOUT LOSS
JIMMER FREDETTE NAMED CBA’S INTERNATIONAL MVP
CHINA MVP, FORMER BYU STAR JIMMER FREDETTE EYES RETURN TO THE NBA
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