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08:00 AM ET 06.16 | Full-blown Jimmermania took hold again in Utah, where Jimmer Fredette helped drive a crowd that included team brass and VIPs, select season-ticket holders and 44 media members. Featuring BYU's Fredette, the NCAA player of the year, going up against Connecticut's Kemba Walker, the leader of the NCAA Tournament champions, this was as hyped as you'll ever see any pre-draft workout. ... Walker, who smiled about the large crowd that came for Fredette, left impressed after playing against BYU's star for the first time. "Jimmer's a great player," Walker said. "I absolutely think he could play the point guard position on the next level, and today he definitely showed that. Him scoring is just a plus. He made some pretty impressive passes as well. I think he'll be great."

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June 16, 2011 08:09 AM ET

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#1, Kemba's being politically correct with his praise. No way Jimmer will be an all-star.

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June 16, 2011 08:12 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:09 AM ET 06.16 by darrell4868

#1, Kemba's being politically correct with his praise. No way Jimmer will be an all-star.

agreed, the shear talent at the position in each conference makes it impossible....

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June 16, 2011 08:20 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:09 AM ET 06.16 by darrell4868

#1, Kemba's being politically correct with his praise. No way Jimmer will be an all-star.

Word - Kemba will be the better player.

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June 16, 2011 08:24 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET 06.16 by Otis B. Driftwood

Word - Kemba will be the better player.

not so fast my friend ( kinda miss Lee corso)...i see a little mark price in the Jimmer

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June 16, 2011 08:26 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:25 AM ET 06.16 by Sugarshell Akron Gal

Why do you say that?

summertime sports drought is upon us....looking forward to college football

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June 16, 2011 08:31 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:27 AM ET 06.16 by brotha68

Kemba is not a good shooter.

Other facets of his game give him the edge over Jimmer (in my opinion... which is about as valuable as warm spit.)

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June 16, 2011 08:34 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:28 AM ET 06.16 by brotha68

He'll be fortunate to be as good as Mark Price...... I don't even think he was as good as Price in college.I would've taken Price at Georgia Tech over Fredette at BYU.

agreed...but he has a few Price-like qualities

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June 16, 2011 08:34 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET 06.16 by jgb

Kemba is a lock to be a back up combo guardNo way he should be taken in the top tenJimbo, because he can shoot, has a better chance to start and I think a team that has an aging pg or iffy one, culd take a chance on him.....portland, clippers....

given the "weak" pool of the draft...who do you think should go higher (i think Kyle Singler is projected kinda low)

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June 16, 2011 08:41 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET 06.16 by brotha68

Williams from Arizona is probably the best player available...

and then we got a case of the first round "iffys" .....Irving is suspect (injury wise not as athletic as Rose or Wall) Kanter's an unknonwn with Walker and Jimmer being tweener guards on the small side....

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June 16, 2011 08:52 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:49 AM ET 06.16 by brotha68

Particularly Walker...... Walker reminds me of another guard from UConn, Ben Gordon.I don't think he's as good as Gordon, who is only average himself as a "tweener".

bingo ! perfect comparison....quick, nice midrange game (i hear someone has the need to work on discovering one) with a big shot mentality....