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Lakers News: LeBron James Gives High Praise To Markelle Fultz After Loss to Magic

Markelle Fultz was the subject of one of the oddest starts to an NBA career the league has ever seen when he was originally selected with the No. 1 pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017 NBA Draft.

Fultz’s rookie season was overshadowed by a mysterious shoulder injury that cost him most of the year, which sparked plenty of debate as to what caused the injury and if he would ever fully recover from it. He was then eventually traded to the Orlando Magic at the 2018-19 NBA trade deadline, but did not play as he was held out to rehab his shoulder.