As they do before every practice, the 76ers’ media-relations staffers took a moment Wednesday morning, during the waning minutes of a pre-game shootaround, to hand out copies of the team’s official medical update. The descriptions of the ailments and injuries, though, weren’t entirely accurate. There were five players on the list, and the third, between Joel Embiid (right ankle soreness) and Demetrius Jackson (left adductor strain), was Markelle Fultz.
“Right shoulder rehabilitation,” the report said. “He is out.”
Anyone who has followed the strange, confusing story of Fultz’s health and availability should have recognized the inaccuracy right away.