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Sixers rookie Markelle Fultz: Long absence 'hurt'

Having his daily routine altered was perhaps the toughest part about missing 68 straight games for Markelle Fultz.

Playing basketball and hanging out on the court were what the 19-year-old had done daily from the time he was in elementary school. So the 76ers rookie concedes that it hurt to miss five months while relearning how to shoot. The team said that Fultz was relearning how to shoot because of “scapular muscle imbalance” in his right shoulder. However, the shooting woes were more mental than the organization was willing to say, according to sources.

But he has worked through those problems.