All Things Philadelphia 76ers (merged Sixers threads)

[Androslav]

With me not being a native English speaker, please tell what is more precise?
Fultz is a work in progress? Or
Fultz is a work in regress?

Love it and I think some are missing your sarcasm.  You may have invented a new phrase for our American English lexicon (work in regress).  It certainly seems to apply to Fultz.  I am going to steal this and start to use it (with your permission of course).

Royalty free all the way!

[Moranis]

All this talk about Fultz. How about how good the Sixers look with Butler?
8-2 in the last 10 games, (I admit they haven't played many top teams)

Yeah well they now have 2 of the 4 best players in the conference and have by far the best trio.  They have very limited depth though so an injury would cause them more harm then most teams even an injury to a lesser player like Redick could be catastrophic. 

[tazzmaniac]

All this talk about Fultz. How about how good the Sixers look with Butler?
8-2 in the last 10 games, (I admit they haven't played many top teams)

Yeah well they now have 2 of the 4 best players in the conference and have by far the best trio.  They have very limited depth though so an injury would cause them more harm then most teams even an injury to a lesser player like Redick could be catastrophic.

I wouldn't classify Redick as a lesser player for the Sixers. He's a key cog in their offense.  Their depth beyond their top 4 is a problem especially from a playoff perspective.  They'll be players in the buyout market if not at the trade deadline. 

[footey]

Look forward to Christmas Day game. Should tell us a lot about how we match with them post Butler.

[hwangjini_1]

Look forward to Christmas Day game. Should tell us a lot about how we match with them post Butler.

Is butler leaving the team before then?

[GreenEnvy]

Fultz has been diagnosed with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

Okay then.

[perks-a-beast]

Fultz has been diagnosed with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

Okay then.

poor kid. I can't even imagine being the most scrutinized player in the NBA at age 20 then being derailed by such an injury. I'm rooting for him to become the player a lot thought he could become before the 2017 draft.

[footey]

Look forward to Christmas Day game. Should tell us a lot about how we match with them post Butler.

Is butler leaving the team before then?

"post acquisition of Butler."

[tazzmaniac]

Fultz has been diagnosed with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

Okay then.

Apparently there is no definitive test for NTOS and misdiagnosis is an issue so hopefully that is the correct diagnosis.  Apparently surgery is generally not required but who knows what it means for a professional basketball player. 

[tazzmaniac]

Per Woj, Fultz is out indefinitely but the Sixers are hopeful that he can return in 3 to 6 weeks.  Based on past Sixers medical recovery estimates, I'd say triple it and add a chance that his arm falls off.   

[knuckleballer]

That must explain this.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Dcorrigan50/status/1061771931173732354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1061771931173732354&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbnation.com%2Flookit%2F2018%2F11%2F12%2F18087408%2Fmarkelle-fultz-possessed-aliens-shoe-monstars-maybe-who-knows

They need to look a little higher than the neck.

[Monkhouse]

Per Woj, Fultz is out indefinitely but the Sixers are hopeful that he can return in 3 to 6 weeks.  Based on past Sixers medical recovery estimates, I'd say triple it and add a chance that his arm falls off.   

In before he sits out the entire season once again, and becomes ROY next year. 

Then again... if this was really true that he has NTOS, (which is pretty weird considering most baseball pitchers, namely Matt Harvey, got diagnosed with TOS injury, and probably won't come back the same ever again,) it's going to really shatter his confidence...

Crazy that he once told McGrady, his goal was to win 'MVP.'

[celticsclay]

I would not be incredibly surprised if he doesn't return this season. Sixers owe him like 9 million next year.

[Walker Wiggle]

I would just take this diagnosis with a rock-sized grain of salt. Fultz has seen a bunch of doctors already, each I'm sure with impeccable credentials. Remember "scapular imbalance"? This diagnosis has no more validity than that one had when it was made. I still feel there is something mental there that won't be rectified by the right diagnosis or the right course of physical therapy.

[fairweatherfan]

I wish Fultz the best, it sucks that his career is foundering so badly already.  Hope he can get his feet under him, so to speak, whether it's in Philly or not.

But I sure am glad we dodged that bullet, and even managed to trade down to take the guy we preferred anyway.  Hail Danny!