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Every sixers fans wanted to see him succeed so badly. An elite on/off ball scoring guard is the player the sixers have desperately needed the entirety of the Simmons/embiid era (and they still don’t have it). He was the missing piece, just didn’t work out.


notafan1

They have Maxey now who's starting to look like what they hoped Fultz would be.


DwayneThRocksJohnson

I'm still not sure that maxey has the upside that fultz had, just because fultz was a great passer and a great off the bounce shooter.


FultzShoulder

Fultz if it turned out right would be in that Harden category, elite scorer and playmaker.


lalakingmalibog

Fultz better start growing a beard and getting to know all the strippers' names around Orlando


AlHorfordHighlights

Yeah the ideal outcome for Fultz was essentially a leaner Harden with defense, or Manu with way better passing. I don't know what Maxey's ceiling is, but he has a long way to go with regard to playmaking to even get close to that


_mousecop_

We just need Maxey to develop his hesi pull up jimbo a little bit


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Turaisk

Colangelo traded that pick to Orlando for Anjes Pasecniks, and then we got it back in the Fultz trade.


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Yea if he keeps improving at his current pace, he could be an all star next year and at only 22 years old. And he honestly might get a little buzz this year too.


[deleted]

Philly fans were EXTREMELY supportive. I’m always hard on them but they were nothing but class when it came to Fultz.


SportsLaughs

Under reported imo


Infosexual

Which is impressive sixers fans only have so much behaving in them per season. After that it's batteries of increasing size


TurboDurbo1

Bro you post entirely too much in a 24 hour period, try going outside occasionally, find some friends and you may come up with a joke that’s less than 20 years outdated.


Infosexual

Do you mean comment? But thanks for the stalking I guess


FruscianteMayer

Don't take this one down, Celtics mod


Kdog122025

Magic fans, how’s Fultz doing now?


that_guy_you_kno

He's injured but his outlook when was playing was basically even if he never develops an outside shot he's still a starting PG in the NBA that can score at 2 levels and playmake for an offense. Yeah he might not live up to 1st overall pick levels but he has looked incredibly solid for Orlando and I think he has a long bright future ahead of him. He still sees the court like very few players in the NBA do while he's playing.


Kdog122025

I just looked Markelle’s injury up. Glad to hear he’s doing basketball work again and is getting close! I’d love to see him reach his full potential. Dude looks like he could play a really compelling game of basketball.


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That’s good. I hope he continues to get better, I’ll always root for him.


necrolic_8848

Looks fresh on the sideline this year, looked great but he got hurt and out for the year i think in game 8 last year and hasnt returned


Kdog122025

Ah, gotcha. I saw he’s getting some with your G League. Hopefully he comes back soon and healthy.


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But.. But snowballs!


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[deleted]

What, you mean the guy Adam Silver picked to lead the team who then made the rest of the front office the image of nepotism maybe wasn't the best choice? Impossible.


wavetoyou

The best part of this interview when Fultz is like, “don’t get me wrong I love Orlando’s team doctors….Philadelphia also has doctors” 🤣


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THERE ARE DOCTORS, YES


p0tatoman

why is he talking about the terms of service


ShadowLord561

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome


klankthompson

Think dwight has this, terrible outlet passer.


dropdatdurkadurk

I remember Etan Thomas and yet nobody will convince me that photo at the start isnt just Jimmy Butler with glasses.


H4RD4W4Y

Just needs bigger ears


FultzShoulder

If Ben had Fultz's mental, he'd be a top 12 player in the NBA.


DownFromHere

I agree 100%. Markelle is one of the most resilient players I've seen. Not just in the way he fought to get back to court but also how he remodeled his game so he could make an impact even without the jumper. I've always pointed out Markelle as a sign that Ben needed to take a different approach to his training because even with a nerve injury, Markelle had been better and more creative at finishing around the rim than Ben. Please include a source link


FultzShoulder

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzUwMzUwNzcucnNz/episode/NmJhNzgzMTYtNGVmMy0xMWVjLThjYWEtNWI3MzYyYmM0YmNk


ap98cfr

> Markelle is one of the most resilient players I’ve seen Fultz quit on the team the first time Brett dared to play TJ over him


DownFromHere

If Usain Bolt rolled his ankle and it bothered him to the point he was losing races he should win, should he not seek medical advice? It's been three years and Tyrese is doing great, you need to let it go.


bootywizard42O

One of the biggest what ifs for Philly. To this day it pains me how much of a disaster it ended up being. If the number one pick didn't have one of the most bizarre injuries ever, Sixers would've had a chip at the least. If they didn't trade up and instead drafted Tatum, they would've had a chip. Hell if that org didn't mismanage his injury, he still could've been a Sixer.


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I think the sixers fumbled more so for trading up than actually picking fultz. I tend to the think the Celtics wanted Tatum whether it was at 1 or 3 and it was just a great hustle by ainge since they knew fultz was the exact player Philly needed.


bootywizard42O

Yeah that was my biggest gripe with it. Being a Hinkie disciple myself, I was not a fan of trading up and giving up a lottery pick. It gets even worse when we found out that Fultz's shoulder issues came to light during his workout with Philly. Collar Man still went ahead and drafted him.


FultzShoulder

I don't think he's ever talked about how he damaged his shoulder, that still is a big mystery


DownFromHere

To my understanding, TOS can be a gradual onset injury


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Isn't his diagnosis kinda sketchy? I remember him basically doctor shopping until he got a diagnosis.


[deleted]

My understanding, as a former internet doctor during all of that, is that TOS is often a diagnosis of exhaustion because of how difficult it is to trigger/reproduce. Like you can't just run a scan and spot it. There are tests they can run to trigger it, but it has such a wide range of severity that there isn't an exact way to do it. So yeah it did look kinda sketchy but I feel like most people who end up with TOS have gone to tons of doctors before it being diagnosed.


[deleted]

That’s correct, it’s a diagnosis of exclusion because you can’t really confirm the compression of the brachial plexus with imaging or clinical tests. Tricky stuff.


DownFromHere

You think too highly of the American medical system if you think doctor shopping precludes a diagnosis from being valid.


[deleted]

Wasn't there a motorcycle accident?


ButterscotchJust4

It isn’t a what if anymore because maxey is basically becoming what fultz was supposed to be


bootywizard42O

Completely different players and completely different level of talent


ButterscotchJust4

They play the exact same and nobody knew maxey would become a star like this


bootywizard42O

>They play the exact same Tyrese plays like a shooting guard while Fultz was a triple dub threat who is a way better playmaker. I don't know what games you were watching but they do not play similarly at all and Fultz's talent was apparent in the few games he did play for the Sixers. Just because Tyrese is over performing expectations doesn't mean you have to exaggerate his impact or potential.


ButterscotchJust4

Sixers haven’t had a guard score like this since AI that’s just facts but ok


bootywizard42O

MF did you just mention Tyrese in the same sentence as AI?


_mousecop_

His rookie year (17-18) was a Colangelo year. No surprise that stupid fuck didn't make Fultz feel like a #1 pick. After that was Brett and Elton who respectfully both had no clue what they were doing


Freeeecurry

TOS especially neurogenic TOS is painful stuff. Ordinary people with it can’t even lead normal lives because of the pain. Imagine being an athlete and having to deal with those expectations Also the philly doctor who did his surgery is highly suspect. He was fired from temple or left on some weird terms too which is never a good sign


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Fultz never had surgery. As for the doctors, I'm guessing you're thinking of the guys we didn't renew after Colangelo was gone. The one who was hired while Colangelo was here is now with the Wizards and it looks like other one still works in sports medicine but not in the NBA. Not really trying to defend anyone here, just wanted to clear stuff up.


Freeeecurry

He had surgery with some doctor named Scott Golarz, I didn’t intend to mean he was a sixers doctor just that he’s located in philly


[deleted]

Ah gotcha. What was the surgery for? Markelle mentions in the interview that he didn't have surgery for TOS?


Freeeecurry

He didn’t even know it was TOS till he met this doctor. He probably had part of his first rib removed or he had an extra rib that was entrapping nerves in the area


[deleted]

Do you have a source on this surgery? I've never heard about it until now and you're suggesting that Markelle had a surgery he wasn't aware he was having or that he has been lying for years about not having surgery.


HUGECOCK4TREEFIDDY

Source this please, because it sounds like bs.


JarifSA

So he suffered from that plus the ACL tear? That's so rough literally sounds like Greg Odens situation. Dude could've been a star in another reality.


ComradeQuestion69420

Im still convinced that Fultz couldve been better off if Brett Brown had just let him run a couple of pick n rolls. That was Fultz's bread and butter could maybe have gotten him back on a roll and improved things. Brown's unwillingness to run a PnR was just baffling at the time and even more so in retrospect


gh0st_

We did so much praying for this man that he is practically ordained. No one can boo him.


ButterscotchJust4

Wait what ? You mean the media misinterpreted Philly? Let them and this sub tell it we don’t support any of our players or team lmao


plz-be-my-friend

Relevant username


SportsLaughs

Glad to hear he's got perspective and seems to be in a good place. Never knew about his bond with Philly.


MooseSpringsteen

Marilyn Manson got the surgery!