BYU legend Jimmer Fredette announces retirement from basketball

BYU and NCAA Tournament legend Jimmer Fredette formally announced his retirement from the sport of basketball in a social media post Wednesday afternoon. Fredette, a 2011 NBA lottery pick of the Milwaukee Bucks who played his first three seasons with the Sacramento Kings, steps away after 12 years of professional basketball, including the last several playing internationally.

“It’s time to say goodbye to basketball,” Fredette wrote in Wednesday afternoon post to X/Twitter. “I have loved every second of my career through the good and the bad! Thank you all for the support throughout the years. Basketball has made me who I am today. Excited for what is next in my life with my family!”

It’s time to say goodbye to basketball. I have loved every second of my career through the good and the bad! Thank you all for the support throughout the years. Basketball has made me who I am today. Excited for what is next in my life with my family! pic.twitter.com/Rx4r8Y4yfG

— Jimmer Fredette (@jimmerfredette) April 23, 2025

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