Coming into the season I pictured the Philadelphia 76ers being a playoff team in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. Especially considering they would have both a healthy Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons in their lineup consistently.
The icing on the cake was supposed to be the rookie point guard, Makelle Fultz, who in his lone season in college basketball averaged an impressive 23.1 points, nearly six assists, and 5.4 rebounds per game.
Fast forward to now. Fultz has been sidelined almost all season with a shoulder injury and, according to Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo, might miss the rest of the season as well.