Thursday, July 21, 2011

Jimmer Range is deeper than we thought

"Jimmer Range" was a commonly used term during the 2010-2011 season.

Its because The Mormon Moneymaker hit shots from here. And here. And, well, just watch this.

Fredette decided to show off his range to a bunch of kids at his basketball camp, and in the process he made this look like a rhythm jumpshot:



I, regrettably, count myself among the people that got sick of the over-coverage of Jimmer Fredette's season. Once Sportscenter got ahold of him, getting "Jimmer'd" was no longer an inside joke for us college basketball junkies.

But looking back through those videos -- watching the highlights of the 39 points he dropped on UNLV and the 43 points he put on SDSU and the ridiculously deep threes he hit all year long -- brought me back to just how entertaining this kid was to watch. All season. Even after Scott Van Pelt (bless his heart, he's a college hoops diehard and by far my favorite ESPN personality) turned Jimmer from a niche-sport secret to a nationwide sensation.

I can't help but think that the Mormon jokes and Brett Favre-level media crush made us take a once-in-a-generation player for granted.

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