A day after the Philadelphia 76ers clinched the team’s first playoff appearance since 2012, and 154 days since he last appeared in a game, Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 pick in last year’s draft, was back on the court Monday night. And this time around, he looked like the difference-maker nearly everyone once thought he would be.
Before the game against the Denver Nuggets, Coach Brett Brown announced to reporters that Fultz, who had been out since Oct. 23, would be active for the game and that it had been the player’s decision to come back.
“I get goose bumps telling you all that,” Brown said.