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Markelle Fultz, Shooting a Basketball
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This is old news but I forgot to post it yesterday.
The Orlando Magic put out a couple of video clips showing Markelle Fultz getting some shots up and whatnot.
Have a look at the former #1 overall draft pick:
In case you were wondering what Markelle's been up to… pic.twitter.com/3RE39oLN51
— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) September 25, 2019
That release point seems… a little lower? It looks just a tad bit lower to me. It’s certainly not the shotput-style mechanic he was exhibiting at times in Philadelphia, and you can see some repetition in this clip below that would suggest he’s finding a bit of muscle memory:
More Markelle 👀 pic.twitter.com/wxxegQYAdK
— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) September 25, 2019
If the shoulder is still bothering him, and he has continued issues raising his arms above his head, then certainly releasing the ball at a lower point would make sense from a mechanical standpoint. Hard to compare this to last season, though, since you’d have to back almost a full year to pull his most recent NBA game film. We’ll see what happens.
No ill will towards Markelle at all; at this point I’m just fascinated to see how this thing progresses, if it does progress.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com