Ex-NBA Player Jimmer Fredette to Make History At 2024 Paris Olympics

Since leading NCAA Division I men's basketball in scoring during his senior season and being named the 2011 National Player of the Year, Jimmer Fredette has had a career all over the map.

He was selected 10th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft and went on to play 241 NBA games for five teams, including the Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. He starred in the Chinese Basketball Association and won a championship in Greece.

More than a decade after JimmerMania took college hoops by storm, Fredette is expected to make more history later this month at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Fredette will lead the United States' first-ever 3v3 Olympic basketball team in Paris along with NBA legend Rick Barry's son Canyon, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis.

Barry is set to make his Olympic debut six decades after his famous father did not make the U.S. Olympic team.

Team USA won the gold in the women's competition during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, while Latvia took home gold on the men's side.

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Fredette, Barry and the United States 3v3 men's team will open the Olympics on July 30 against Serbia.

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Fredette led Team USA to a 6-1 record and a silver medal in the 2023 FIBA 3v3 World Cup as the United States fell to Serbia in the final game.