WHITE PLAINS — Tony Hammel, who coached Jimmer Fredette for four years at Glens Falls High School, still connects with him every couple of weeks. They text or chat on the phone, even as Fredette continues to hopscotch the country on a seemingly endless basketball odyssey.
“And every time I talk to him,” Hammel said, “it’s always the same: ‘Don’t worry, Coach. Everything is good. I’m happy where I’m at.’ ”
Fredette, an N.B.A. lottery pick whose career has been a source of mild fascination for fans who witnessed his shot-making pyrotechnics as a college star at Brigham Young, is newly employed by the Westchester Knicks of the N.