Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2021 14:30:20 GMT -5
Marcus Fizer
PF6-8
240
21
Iowa
No player in the college ranks, with perhaps the exception of a healthy Kenyon Martin, was as dominant as Iowa State's Marcus Fizer. Fizer is an explosive low-post scorer who can hit a variety of shots over defenders, and powers his way to the basket and finishes strong. Fizer runs fairly well, and shows good toughness on the offensive end.
Fizer has been compared to Karl Malone coming out of college, but it may be a bit early to make that call. Like Malone, Fizer brings it in the scoring category every night, and has a hunger to put up numbers. While Fizer is a very good prospect, there are some questions about his ability to be a dominating star in TMBSL. He is a good rebounder, but not a great one, failing to average double-figure rebounds in a league that did not have many dominant big men to challenge him. He shoots a good percentage from the field, but does not have great range.
Defensively, Marcus is nothing to write home about. While it's hard to push him around because of his high strength, he's not nearly as mentally engaged or fundamentally sound on this end of the floor. While he will certainly not be a defensive sieve at the next level, he will need quite a bit of development to obtain notable defensive counting stats.
Fizer needs to upgrade his passing skills, finding open teammates off double teams, and needs to become more comfortable putting the ball on the floor. He also needs to improve his face-up skills and develop a consistent jumpshot to be a dominant TMBSL player, because he will not be able to overpower people in TMBSL like he did in college.
