Chicago Bulls: 5 most overrated players in franchise history

Overrated players in Chicago Bulls’ history: Marcus Fizer

You can add one reason why the former Bulls disappointing power forward Marcus Fizer made this list along with the other two for Rose and Dailey. And that is the fact that Fizer had a lot put on his shoulders to become one of the mainstays for this franchise in the early 2000s. Fizer was the fourth overall pick for Krause and the Bulls in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft.

It is easy to say that Fizer is one of the biggest draft busts in franchise history for the Bulls. He only played with the team for four seasons before he landed with the Milwuakee Bucks. And once his time with the Bulls was done in the early-to-mid 2000s, it only took roughly two more seasons for Fizer to find himself playing professionally overseas.

Moreover, Fizer had one of the worst net ratings of any Bulls’ forward since the turn of the century in each season he played in Chicago. He also had a box plus/minus over the course of four seasons at a poor -3.8. It’s also hard to find a value over replacement player rating worse than his since the turn of the century for the Bulls, sitting at a tragic -2.4.

The number of win shares per 48 concentrated by usage for Fizer also doesn’t make things any better for his case to not make this list. Fizer has one of the worst numbers for this recently created metric in franchise history, north of 138. That is even worse than someone like big man Cristiano Felicio or Cam Payne.

Fizer just had a bad run with the Bulls. And even though he’s looked at as one of the bigger draft busts in franchise history already, his lack of effectiveness sometimes isn’t brought to light enough.