The very worst jumper in the NBA even confuses the player's coach
Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown tried to explain the inexplicable before his team’s game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
In other words, he tried to explain the mechanics of Markelle Fultz’s jump shot.
Fultz, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, hasn’t played since Oct. 23 due to a shoulder injury. But while his shoulder is on the mend and he prepares to return to action, his jump shot still needs work.
Fultz returned to practice last week, but it looks like he’s still struggling with his form.
Markelle Fultz new right handed jump shot. pic.twitter.com/zGQNkvZAqO
— DC Maryland Virginia (@DMVFollowers) January 15, 2018
Video of him at practice shows that he’s still got a weird hitch in his shot.
Another Fultz three #Sixers. pic.twitter.com/FkR23SJsQv
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) January 14, 2018
But his free throws look better than they did back in October, when the shoulder injury forced him to alter his form.
Free throws from Fultz pic.twitter.com/yek5WhCvvv
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) January 15, 2018
In October, it looked like he was favoring that right shoulder.
Não sei se ja viu https://t.co/YiUJLurB6p
— Vinícius P. (@vinisoasps) January 13, 2018
Brown remains baffled by the shooting struggles of his top draft pick.
“I’m old and I’ve never experienced anything like this,” Brown told reporters Monday.
“When you start looking at what he did in his free throws, and how he got … he’s a rise-up guy. He’s a live-ball, off-the-dribble, rise-up guy. Loading up, and being like a Kyle Korver type, that wasn’t what he was. He was a wiggly, do-what-he-wants-to guard.”
Asked Brett Brown about Markelle Fultz’s form, & finding it again pic.twitter.com/evPBEnaHN0
— Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) January 15, 2018
Brown wants to get Fultz back to what he was before they drafted him out of Washington.
So, this whole Markelle Fultz thing is wild. His jump shot is legit broken. Go find the videos and look how horrible his mechanics are. The crazy thing is, he was a good shooter last year at Washington. And his shot looked normal! pic.twitter.com/vRzsyELh8Z
— Nick Neppach ☕️ (@NickNeppach) January 12, 2018
“How we find what he was, is what I’m most interested in now,” Brown said.
“As far as like, taking that and moving a hand or release point, or something, we’ll deal with that after we’ve found home plate,” Brown added.
As for when he will return to action, that’s a little fuzzy, too.
“Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz has been cleared to begin the final stage of his return-to-play program,” the team said in a statement. “The program consists of gradual re-integration into team practices and training, complemented with additional conditioning work to support fitness readiness for gameplay.”
The good news is the Sixers beat Toronto on Monday, 117-111, to improve to 20-20, one game behind the Pistons for the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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