Don’t look now but a former NBA big man is suiting up for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup. Nick Fazekas, a 6-11 former star of the University of Nevada, is already in town and ready to help the Boosters cause for the next conference. Fazekas wound up his collegiate career as the all-time leading scorer in the Wolfpacks history with 2,464 points. He also led the team to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. The Colorado native was picked 34th over-all in the 2007 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He saw action in only four games during the 2007-08 campaign for Dallas with norms of 1.8 ppg and 0.8 rpg before being waived. He was later picked up by the Los Angeles Clippers, where he played for 22 games. Fazekas posted averages of 4.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg for the Clippers. He also played for the summer league teams of the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets. Fazekas brought his talent to Europe in 2008 and has seen action for Belgian club Base Oostende and French teams ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne and JDA Dijon. One bright note in Fazekas playing career was when he was chosen number one pick over-all in the 2010 NBA D-League draft by the Reno Bighorns. Fazekas is said to be more of a perimeter player with a good shooting touch, according to scouting reports of the Draft Express.
“Fazekas was viewed as something of a perimeter player coming out. Fazekas always does a good job working off the ball when his teammates draw his defender. He lacks the quickness to get many touches off of cuts, but is smart enough to know make himself a big target when he’s open at the rim. His touch makes him a very capable finisher, and he shows a good running hook going right despite not being able to get a step on his defender.”
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