Marcus Fizer
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Darnell Marcus Lamar Fizer (born August 10, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. An NBA/D-League power forward, he has completed his fifth season in the league. On June 20, 2007 he signed on a two year deal (900,000 $ a year) with the European power house Maccabi Tel-Aviv and will be playing there next year.
After three years at Iowa State, where Fizer was a Sporting News All-America Second Team selection as a junior, he was selected with the fourth pick of the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Many analysts suspected that the Bulls had drafted Fizer merely to trade him for another player, since the Bulls already had Elton Brand at the power forward position. However, no such trade ever took place, and Fizer spent the next four years struggling to find a niche with the Bulls. He never averaged more than 12.3 points per game. In 2004 he was made available to the Charlotte Bobcats in their expansion draft. Not making their final roster, he signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks. After one disappointing season in Milwaukee, he failed to sign a free agent deal with another team. In November 2005, he signed with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League. On March 8, 2006, Fizer signed a 10-day contract with the Seattle SuperSonics, but did not play any games for them. On March 31, 2006, he was named the NBA Development League MVP for the 2005-2006 season. Also on March 31, he was signed to a 10-day contract with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
He appeared in 232 career NBA games, making 35 starts and averaging 10.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 1.2 apg, shooting .432 from the floor and .693 from the free throw line in 21.9 mpg. Has averaged 22.9 ppg and 10.9 rpg per 48 minutes in four NBA seasons. Scored 20+ points 17 times, with 10+ rebounds on 22 occasions in his four-year NBA career. Played for the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2001 Goodwill games in Brisbane, Australia while averaging 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds, shooting .550 from the floor. In the summer of 2006 he signed a one-year contract with Polaris World Murcia of the Spanish league ACB. He is currently playing with Capitanes de Arecibo, in the Puerto Rico professional Basketball league (BSN). In June 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv from the Israeli league. Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv is the Euroleague champion of the years: 2001,2004,2005.
