Marcus Fizer

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Marcus Fizer

Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight	262 lb (119 kg)
Team	Polaris World Murcia
Nationality	United States
Born	August 10, 1978 Detroit, Michigan
College	Iowa State University
Draft	4th overall, 2000 Chicago Bulls
Pro career	2000 – present
Former teams	Chicago Bulls (2000-2004) Milwaukee Bucks (2004)-(2005)

Darnell Marcus Lamar Fizer (b. August 10, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. An NBA/D-League power forward, he recently completed his fifth season in the league.

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 playing at power forward. 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, and in 2004 he was made available in the 2004 expansion draft by the Charlotte Bobcats. Not making their final roster, he signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks. However, after one disappointing season in Milwaukee, he failed to sign a free agent deal with an NBA team. In November of 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. On March 31, 2006 Marcus Fizer 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.

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 four-year NBA career Played for the Gold Medal-winning United States team at the 2001 Goodwill games in Brisbane, Australia, 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 Spanish league ACB.