When the Phoenix Suns signed Jimmer Fredette to a “two-year” deal last week (two-year is in air-quotes because the first year is only the remaining ten games of this season and the second year is a team option), fans immediately thought of high-scoring, outside shooting lineups with Jimmer firing away next to Devin Booker.
In a way, that’s exactly what fans got in Jimmer’s first appearance in a Suns uniform on Saturday night.
In a way it wasn’t, though, as he only played four second quarter minutes – without Booker.
Jimmer Fredette averaged over 36 points this past season in China in 2018-19, a scoring average that makes most fan’s mouths water at the idea of that kind of offensive explosion on their team in the NBA.