According to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey, former No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz is no longer in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ long-term plans. The news comes after the guard removed himself from the rotation, planning to visit a shoulder specialist in New York on Monday.
While nobody has a firm read on the Fultz saga, a recent report from The Athletic seems to detail chronic shoulder and wrist issues circling back to the scapular muscle imbalance that limited Fultz to just 14 regular season games as a rookie.
As Pompey points out, though, the Sixers are no longer using the shoulder as an excuse for Fultz’s underwhelming performances.