The Kings made the mistake of picking Fredette, but the failure beyond that wasn't their fault.
In arguably the worst mistake in franchise history, the Sacramento Kings drafted Jimmer Fredette with the 10th pick of the 2011 NBA Draft. This week, Jimmer was released by the San Antonio Spurs, the fourth, and likely last, team of Jimmer's 4-year NBA career. Jimmer Fredette will go down in NBA history as a bust. This status is sealed by Sacramento's mistake, taking Jimmer over the likes of Klay Thompson and, the guy many Kings fans wanted, Kawhi Leonard. Worse still, the Kings traded down from the 7th pick and gave up Beno Udrih to acquire John Salmons.