Last season was the first season that Markelle Fultz played for the Magic. Perhaps his performance was not so impressive, but this was the first time he played a full season. However, at the beginning of the season, Fultz suffered a major injury from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which allowed him to recuperate for the whole season and face a series of rehabilitation. Everyone wants to know how this major injury will affect the young point guard’s future.
Although Markelle Fultz is only 22 years old, he has a rich history of injuries. Although he was named first overall by the Sevens and Sixers, he was eventually traded to Magic by the Sevens and Sixers because of injury concerns.
Although Fultz only played 8 games this season, one of them can be regarded as his career masterpiece. On December 27 last year, when the Magic played against the Wizards, Fultz took advantage of the opponent’s poor defense and scored a career-high 26 points in a single game, with a brilliant shooting percentage (21 shooting He made 11 goals and made 2 of 3 shots from beyond the arc). Throughout the game, you can see that he will use emergency stop jumpers and layups to grab points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7lwZobtH4
In fact, his scoring methods are similar to last season, but this season he showed more proficient skills. From his cut, we can see that he has excellent footwork and enough ability to put the ball into the basket, which proves that he has a good cutting ability.
His performance in the game reminded everyone again. Before joining, he was expected to be a player who could kill like this every game, but because of this, after seeing him suffered a major injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, I couldn’t help but Makes people feel sad for what happened to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JzeyyzgaU
In the first quarter when the Magic played against the Cavaliers at the beginning of the year, Fultz, who tried to cut in, tried to get rid of the defender, but before the jump, bad news happened. In this season’s competition, he tried countless cuts, but in this cut, he accidentally put too much burden on his left foot. He knew the situation was not good when he was injured. Later, the ball team confirmed that it was a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee and said he could not attend the rest of the season.
As the 2017 draft pick, Fultz has already experienced many injuries, so even at a young age, he should be no stranger to serious injuries. However, unlike before, he could not have much confidence in whether he was able to produce qualified skills after his injury. However, it is different now, because before the 2019-20 season, he was mostly recovering from injuries. What’s the actual performance, but before this injury, he had some good performances and made everyone look forward to his future.
- Fultz’s early career was severely affected by injuries
In the first season of the Sixers, Fultz missed most of the games due to a foot injury and a shoulder blade injury. After entering the second season of his personal career, he was diagnosed with the “thoracic outlet syndrome” which affects the mobility of the area between the lower neck and upper chest. This allows everyone to understand why his projection performance at the time was different He had a gap in college.
Due to the impact of the injury, Fultz’s record in the 76ers is quite sporadic (only 33 games). In February 2019, he was traded to Orlando, who was not considered by the team as a blueprint for the future.
Although Magic doesn’t think he has qualified skills at the moment, he believes that one day he can show what everyone expected of him. For him, perhaps this is a good arrangement, because joining a team that has no pressure to win the championship can start again.
Given that the injury history is so rich, last season was the first time Fultz was able to play a full season without being injured. To some extent, the 2019-20 season can be regarded as his rookie season.
- Injuries were not the only difficulty he faced in the first two years of his career
Although he suffered a lot of injuries early in his career, this is not the only difficulty he has to overcome. Since he is the No. 1 pick in the draft, everyone’s expectations of him are naturally high, so when he is unable to deliver the expected results early in his career, he must be full of confusion and uncertainty.
In the two seasons of the Sixers, in addition to the pressure of the No. 1 pick in the draft, he also had the pressure to help the team win the championship. After all, he was regarded as the last piece of the puzzle for the Sixers to win the championship.
There is no doubt that Fultz was in a difficult situation at the time, because apart from the unfortunate approach, he had no way to refute outside doubts, especially when he just wanted to know how to get back on track after being injured.
- Back on track in the third season of his career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzj7nQX0Bbc
After putting on the magic shirt, his performance may not be outstanding, but Fultz let everyone see that he is a point guard with stable output and attractive style.
In the 2019-20 season, he played 72 games for the team and made 60 appearances in 60 games. Throughout the season, his average data per game is: 12.1 points, 5.1 assists, 1.3 steals. Although his three-point shooting performance last season was not good (only 26.7% shooting), his overall shooting percentage still came to 46.5%, which shows that he has cut into the basket and put the ball into the basket. Ability.
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