Frankie Fidler showcasing scoring ability at Moneyball Pro-Am

Michigan State basketball fans are gearing up for the first true star offseason transfer addition since Tyson Walker a few years back. Frankie Fidler might be stealing the show this year.

Once thought to be a heavy Wisconsin lean this offseason, Fidler took a trip to Michigan State and decided that was home. His connection with Chucky Hepburn at Wisconsin was almost the difference until the veteran point guard entered the transfer portal.

Now, Fidler is a Spartan.

And Tom Izzo has to feel like the luckiest coach in the world that this dynamic scorer kind of fell into his lap the way he did (not saying he didn't work to land him, but the Hepburn transfer helped). Watching him dominate at Moneyball has been fun and it's giving everyone a glimmer of hope for the 2024-25 season.

Through two games, Fidler has score 32 points and 40 points. He's averaging 36 points per game and while there's very little defense being played at this event, it just shows that he can fill it up from anywhere on the floor and with Walker gone, Michigan State desperately needs that.

Heading into the 2024-25 season, Jaden Akins returns as the likely go-to guy along with Fidler and we already know what the former can do when he's on his game, but seeing the latter show up and dominate has been refreshing. He can score in a variety of ways which makes him so valuable.

Need him to back down a smaller defender? He's got it. Need him to hit a contested three? He can do that. Need him to hit a fadeaway jumper in traffic? Yeah, he can do it.

Fidler is showing flashes of greatness during Moneyball and it's encouraging to know that he can do everything that was expected from him when he committed.