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Jimmer Fredette Is (Technically) The Best Player In The NBA

Steve PierceMonday, November 12, 2012
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All faithful Cougar fans knew it would only be a matter of time, and now the wait is over — BYU legend Jimmer Fredette is officially the best player in the NBA. (Technically.)

How is this possible you ask? Isn't it true that Jimmer barely gets off the bench for the lowly Sacramento Kings? How could the best player in the league be resigned to such a ghastly fate? Doesn't this strike you as a strange claim given the preponderance of evidence to the contrary?

These are all fair questions. But do you know who cares little for your doubt and skepticism? Mathematics. That's right, arithmetic — which we know is, by definition, never wrong — has unilaterally decreed that one James Taft Fredette is the best player in the NBA. (Kind of.)

Let me explain.