Jimmer Fredette, former NCAA star and consensus NPOY, announces retirement from basketball at 36

Jimmer Fredette’s winding basketball career featured NPOY honors at BYU and concluded in the Olympics after a winding road as a pro. (Yukihito Taguchi/Reuters) Jimmer Fredette is hanging up his sneakers. After a winding basketball career that featured National Player of the Year honors at BYU and ended in the Olympics, Fredette is retiring from basketball. Fredette announced his decision on Instagram Wednesday. He’s 36 years old. “Ever since I was young, I was obsessed with basketball,” Fredette wrote. “Seeing the basketball go in was magical. I wanted to play it every day. … “Basketball has taken me all around…