76ciology wrote:I believe the Celtics always knew Fultz had a shoulder injury, and the Sixers, led by Colangelo, failed to conduct their due diligence. As a prospect, Fultz is far superior to Tatum, being described as the modern guard in today’s basketball. He possesses the ability to iso, post, run a two-man game, shoot, and defend multiple positions.
Fultz was the prototype combo guard sought after in players like Jimmy Butler, James Harden, and now, Maxey, with some sideline “star hunting” involving Zhaire Smith and Jaden Springer. And when it wasn’t available, we had Shake Milton and Josh Richardson playing that role in 2019-2020.
Moreover, Fultz was also the type of guard the Celtics were seeking, as evidenced by Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. Guards of this nature are highly valuable in today’s basketball, capable of shooting and enabling teams to switch on multiple defensive positions while exploiting mismatches in screen/weave actions.
Furthermore, I don’t believe Tatum and Biid would function well together, as neither are distributors, resulting in overlap similar skillsets and roles to Lavine and Derozan.
Unfortunately, Fultz never fully recovered from his injury; he still exhibits a hitch in his shot. Ultimately, Fultz's health determined who emerged as the better player between the two.
So now the story has changed!
First time I've heard someone say there was an injury pre-draft
Wasn't there some story made up on this page that he had a motorbike accident after summer league????
He was a poor shooter all along - as shown by his HS stats and collge FT stats. He was mentally fragile, he went to water when pressured by good opposition when he was in college. He has a weird home life.
Boston saw it, and Sixers refused to take off the rose-coloured glasses even when he was terrible in workouts.
Some posters just seem to make stuff up to re-write history.