The Sixers’ No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz’s Las Vegas Summer League was cut short — 15 minutes into his first game there he went down with a high ankle sprain that ended his summer (fortunately, it’s not nearly as serious as other summer injuries Sixers players have had to deal with in recent years.
However, in Utah Fultz showed promise as a smooth playmaker and scorer — he scored 20 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting. He knows how to use the pick-and-roll well for a rookie. Check out his highlights above.
Fultz is going to get his chance this fall, with the ball in his hands and showing what he can do off the ball when Ben Simmons is running the show.
