Fredette called U.S.A. hoops men’s 3×3 director

Apr 28, 2025, 12:09 PM ET Jimmer Fredette’s wish for an Olympic medal were dashed last year by injury. He’ll attempt again to lead USA Basketball to a medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.Only this time, he will not be playing.Fredette was announced Monday as the very first handling director of USA Basketball’s 3×3 guys’s nationwide group, the very same role that Grant Hill has with the senior guys’s nationwide group. Fredette– the former NBA lottery game pick and 2011 AP college player of the year who retired as a player last week– will essentially manage the selection of players and coaches for significant international competitions such as the FIBA World Cup, FIBA AmeriCup, the Pan American Games and, eventually, the Olympics.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated”It’s an incredible honor to be a handling director at USA Basketball,”Fredette said.” There’s not a lot of bigger titles

than that in the

sport. To be able do something significant in the sport, to assist construct a program and ideally do it the right way, it’s an amazing chance.”Fredette didn’t understand much about the 3×3 game– a busy design played on a half court with a 12-second shot clock, games going to 21 points and capped at 10

minutes, baskets worth one and 2 points– when he was asked to consider betting the U.S. for the first time about 3 years ago.He eventually became the top-ranked 3×3 player in FIBA’s world rankings.”Jimmer brought his famous shooting style to 3×3 in 2022 and rapidly became one of the most cherished professional athletes on the halfcourt, “USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley said.”His understanding of and skill for the game, capability to lead and credibility as one of the game’s finest shooters in history puts him in a prime position to become the first person in this function and aid shape U.S.A. Basketball’s 3×3 guys’s nationwide group program on the road to Los Angeles.”U.S.A. Basketball plans to proceed with the same structure for the 3×3 females’s national group program. It is in the process of determining a managing director, with plans to announce that person’s hiring later this year.”Jimmer Fredette is the

perfect former athlete and leader to continue to build the U.S.A. 3×3 males’s program into the premier program worldwide, “stated retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chair of U.S.A. Basketball’s board of

directors.Fredette was U.S.A. Basketball’s 3×3 Male Athlete of the Year in 2023, won gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games and 2022 FIBA 3×3 Guys’s AmeriCup, and made the roster for the Paris Olympics.The 3×3 game, he stated, came at the correct time for his life as a player

. He desired more time with his household in Colorado and handed down chances to continue playing the 5-on-5 game worldwide, turning to the 3×3 game rather since it rarely took him away from home for more than a few days at a time.He accepted this deal in part because he wishes to thank USA Basketball for that opportunity.”I definitely can see myself doing this and belonging of this,”Fredette stated. “Individuals treated me so well, and I enjoy all the people involved. I simply wish to have the ability to return and help as much as I can.”