The next tantalizing 3-point-barrage highlight reel courtesy of Jimmer Fredette will need a translator.

The cult of the BYU legend is relocating to China, where Fredette agreed to sign with the Shanghai Sharks, according to international reporter David Pick.

Resorting to playing overseas seems a sign Fredette is coming to terms with his NBA reality: He’s not going to reach the carrot at the end of the stick.

This summer he put on another show. Different jersey, same story. With the Nuggets’ Summer League team, Fredette launched 3 after 3, averaging 15.2 points and 3.2 assists in five games — including a 26-point outburst against the Grizzlies in which the 27-year-old went off, shooting 9-of-18 from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. But it didn’t result in a contract, which has been the story of a career for a player scouts see as too slow, too small and a defensive liability.

A Knicks stint had preceded his Denver spell, in which the Glens Falls native became a circus-act distraction for a fading Knicks team that could use any diversion it could afford. He couldn’t crack a lineup of guards featuring Jose Calderon and Sasha Vujacic, only entering sporadically (to much fanfare). He nailed a 3 — in garbage time — in his Feb. 22 debut at Madison Square Garden, and fans erupted with 1:35 to play in a 122-95 Knicks loss to the Raptors.

The 10th overall pick of the 2011 draft, Fredette never has been able to stick, instead volleying between being the face of the D-League and being the last man on an NBA bench. From Sacramento to Chicago, New Orleans and finally the Knicks, the 6-foot-2 college legend either got too many NBA chances or not any NBA chance, depending on whom you ask.

Now it’s the riches — and the shooting freedom — that Fredette seeks in China, where he’ll play on a team owned by Yao Ming. The league finishes in February or March, so another NBA opening isn’t impossible. But in traveling across the world after so many failed chances, Fredette’s shot may be finished.