John Fields – The Players Pick

ASEAN Defensive Player of the Year award winner -2019

Nationality: American

Height: 205 cm

Born: March – 30 – 1988

College : Tennessee

2021-22: Tokyo HT (Japan)

Scouting Report: John Fields has great size, combined with excellent mobility for a big man with his dimensions. He’s always active on the floor, helping his team on both ends of the floor.Offensively he’s really effective in pick and roll situations, showing the ability to finish above the rim after the cut with aggressiveness, furthermore his mobility and coordination make him an effective contributor in creating space for his teammates with solid screens, playing a key role in his team’s offense. His offensive repertoire includes dunks and put backs after an offensive rebound, hook shots (right & left hand), spin moves , fakes, while he is a solid shooter from 4-6 meters area. His full of muscles body makes him an unstoppable force in the paint. He has a soft touch and he’s a solid free throw shooter. Defensively he’s a great pick and roll defender, being able to recover in the painted area after helping on the screen. Plus with his great size and wingspan he’s definitely a great rim protector. According to Players, Coaches & GMs with knowledge of him, he’s a nice, humble guy with a great work ethic. He has a ‘winner’s ‘ mentality & the fact that he led his teams to trophies in several countries is far from random.

Awards/Achievements:

• Fayetteville Observer Player of the Year –2006

• High School First Team All-Conference – 2006

• High School Second Team All-State – 2006

• 2010 PS NIT (NCAA) Champion

• USA All-Freshmen Team – 2007

• Finland- Korisliiga Honorable Mention– 2012

• Finland- Korisliiga First Team All- Defense – 2012

• Czezh Republic –All League First Team – 2013

• Czech Republic- All Imports Team – 2013

• Belgian Cup Finalist – 2015

• Belgian League – Center of the Year – 2015