Drew Hanlen Is Hinting At a Major Markelle Fultz Comeback

For those of you who watched Summer League this time last year, watched Markelle Fultz ball out until he sprained his ankle, and then crashed your car on 76 and went into a coma…Fultz jump shot now sucks. In his words on Super Bowl night, “that shits broke”. In what was a strange season altogether for the NBA, Fultz having a shoulder injury that wasn’t a shoulder injury that led to the 19 year old guard forgetting how to shoot was by far the strangest story.

Once Markelle Fultz did return during the season, the brief feel good introduction to his game lasted about as long as Barstool Van Talk. He could play, but he couldn’t shoot. The problem was magnified when Fultz sat staring blankly on the Sixers bench as the Celtics ended our come up season in a 5 game series. A series in which Jayson Tatum couldn’t seem to miss and ripped our hearts out. Like Ronde Barber, NFC Championship Game level heart ripping.
So, it only made sense that Fultz get locked in a gym this summer like Harry Potter in his closet when he lived with the Dursley’s. Fortunately for the Sixers (and my sanity), Drew Hanlen was locked in the gym with Fultz. For those of you who don’t know, Hanlen is a shooting wizard whose witchcraft turns people into good shooters. Lately, he’s been teasing all kind of promising tid bits about working with Fultz this summer. Yesterday, he posted this, absolutely locking down a Fultz comeback tour.
The other day, he posted a picture of Fultz’ new stroke:

It looks like absolute sex.
Markelle Fultz being back to “the next Kyrie Irving”  would be the greatest return until Tupac’s album shows up on Apple Music when he’s done with his hiatus on that island. I was never out on Markelle Fultz, but I did put my real estate up for sale just to see what value it had. If Hanlen turns that “is his shoulder even attached to his body?” Shot around, he is leading the parade float down Broad and getting his own ring. We are retiring his name to the rafters and I’m going to look at it every time they drop Chick Fil A and think about the times we made it through.
It’s not hard hitting analysis to say Markelle Fultz being a productive member of this team is important. But, it’s clear he is the final piece to the puzzle. Even Trap Money Benny said it himself:
If Ben says run it back, run that shit back. I’m so anxious to add a functioning Markelle Fultz to the core we already have. With his mentally and physically healthy addition, I’m so excited to get swept by the Warriors in the NBA Finals next season.
By Aidan Powers | July 8, 2018