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BYU's Jimmer Fredette (32) drives against Vermont's Brendan Bald (20) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Glens Falls, N.Y., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. BYU won, 86-58. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
A former NBA scout and a well-known sports columnist connected Jimmer Fredette's popularity and to him being picked in the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery to "white supremacy" during a podcast that was released last week.
While discussing a wide variety of sports and social topics on the podcast, "Bill Rhoden on Sports," Khalid Green of the Brooklyn Nets and The New York Times's Bill Rhoden both claimed Jimmermania was based on the country's search for the next "Great White Hope.