Michigan State’s Frankie Fidler was able to witness the NBA draft process
Forward Frankie Fidler, a transfer from Michigan State University, has one year of eligibility remaining, meaning he has less than a year to realize his dream of making it to the NBA.
In fact, Fidler began preparing for the league during the offseason after going through the NBA draft process in Arizona, where he made his decision to join Michigan State.
“I was out there training for about a month,” Fidler said Tuesday at the 2024 Moneyball Pro-Am. “And then I did a few practices with some NBA teams as well.”
Fidler explained some of his insights from the design process.
“I think a lot of scouts like my physique and my style of play,” he said.
Fidler was able to learn from this valuable process what he needed to work on.
“I wanted to improve my body, get faster, especially on defense,” he said. “And then I also wanted to become a sharpshooter.”
Fidler transferred to Michigan State in April after spending three seasons at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
As a member of the Mavericks, Fidler averaged 16.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 94 games and started 91 times.
In his final season with the program, Fidler averaged 20.1 points per game, 6.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists and was named to the All-Summit First Team.
Fidler’s 16.0 points per game average as a Maverick is No. 1 in program history, his 1,505 points rank second and his 32.9 minutes per game average is also No. 1.
The Spartan wing has shined so far at this year’s Moneyball Pro-Am, giving Spartan supporters promising glimpses of what they can expect this fall.
Fidler scored 45 points on Tuesday night. This followed an impressive performance in week one in which he scored 40 points on night two and 32 points on opening night.
The senior forward was coach Tom Izzo’s first transfer signing since 2021, when he signed former Michigan State guard Tyson Walker. This offseason, Izzo also brought in transfer center Szymon Zapala. Fidler will likely be the Spartans’ starting small forward next season.
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