"Jimmermania is on its way to Sacramento.

On a day that began with the Kings bringing back a familiar face, the biggest news was the Kings acquiring Jimmer Fredette, the BYU star – and star of many YouTube clips – in the first round of the NBA draft.

Fredette might have been the most popular player in college basketball last season, hence Jimmermania and the following that he developed nationwide.

Fredette was selected 10th by Milwaukee, then traded as part of a three-team deal that sent guard Beno Udrih to Milwaukee and brought John Salmons back to the Kings. As part of the deal, the Kings relinquished their seventh pick to the Charlotte Bobcats.

Fredette had to wait for the deal to be made official before he could speak to the media. The wait was more than 2 1/2 hours, and by time the draft was over, he wasn't made available by his camp to local media via conference call from New York.

Fredette told reporters in New York the attention he's received leading up to the draft is nothing new.

"I think a lot of it just has to do with this last year in college," Fredette said. "How things exploded and the media just really took a hold of our season and myself, and it's continuing."

In addition to adding Fredette, the trade helped the Kings at small forward.

"(Salmons) had long stretches where he was probably our best player … better than the ones we've had recently," said Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie. "And I think with Jimmer, we get one of the most exciting players in college basketball.""