“It’s time to say goodbye to basketball,” Fredette wrote. “I have loved every second of my career through the good and the bad! … Basketball has taken me all around this world: from Glens Falls NY, to BYU, the NBA, China, Greece, and even Team USA at the Olympics! This game and my love for it has shaped me into the person I am today and for that I am forever grateful. So many memories and amazing moments. It wasn’t always easy, but it was always worth it! The next journey starts now.”
An NCAA scoring champion and the Naismith College Player of the Year in his final season at BYU, Fredette was drafted 10th overall in 2011 on behalf of the Kings, who acquired his rights from Milwaukee in a draft-night deal.
The 6-foot-2 guard struggled to establish himself as a reliable NBA rotation player, averaging 6.0 points and 1.4 assists in 13.3 minutes per game across 241 career regular-season appearances for Sacramento, Chicago, New Orleans, New York and Phoenix from 2011-19.
Fredette, who is now 36, spent several years during his playing career overseas, establishing himself as a star in China with the Shanghai Sharks from 2016-19 and later returning to the Sharks for one more season. He also spent a year in Greece with Panathinaikos.
During the final act of his career, Fredette focused on 3×3 basketball and represented Team USA at several international competitions, including the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics.
Fredette earned a variety of accolades over the course of his career, claiming MVP honors and three All-Star nods in the Chinese Basketball Association, winning a Greek League championship and bringing home a pair of gold medals from the 2022 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup and 2023 Pan American Games.
