Fredette Plans To Work On Pick-And-Roll Situations

Jimmer Fredette struggled as a ball-handler in the pick-and-roll during his rookie season with the Kings.

Fredette plans to remedy that weakness during the offseason.

“After my first year in the NBA, I have seen how important the pick-and-roll is,” Fredette said. “We play it a lot. It is important to read the situations, see how they are guarding you, be able to attack the big guy — and the best guards in the NBA are really good at keeping their dribble alive and reading the pick-and-roll. I will be working a lot on that.”

Fredette gave the nod to Russell Westbrook as his toughest cover.

“There are many great players in the NBA, but the one that sticks out right now is Russell Westbrook,” Fredette said. “He is so athletic, freakishly athletic, and being so quick. He recovers so fast and has so many natural gifts, and he is really hard to play defense against.”