The Markelle Fultz Fiasco Is the Sixers’ Own Doing

Shamrock1000 wrote:

bobheckler wrote:76ers' Markelle Fultz out indefinitely with 'muscle imbalance' in shoulder



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The Philadelphia 76ers announced on Sunday that No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz is "out indefinitely with soreness and scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder."


The 76ers consulted several specialists and found no structural damage in Fultz's shoulder. Fultz will continue with physiotherapy treatment and be re-evaluated in approximately three weeks.


Fultz played in the first four games this season and struggled significantly from the field (33%) and free throw line (50%).

Last week the team announced he would miss three games, partially blaming the injury on a tweaked shooting form.


“We spent some time with him throughout the summer, but sometime during the month of August, I think, he might have worked on his shot a little bit – could even be the cause of the irritation and inflammation in the shoulder,” GM Bryan Colangelo said of Fultz.

However, Fultz’s longtime trainer and mentor, Keith Williams, told USA TODAY Sports' Sam Amick that Fultz began tweaking his shooting form as a result of the pain he felt in his shoulder as opposed to the other way around.

“The shot was never changed (before the shoulder pain),” Williams – who trained the New Orleans Pelicans’ DeMarcus Cousins in his college and early pro years, among other NBA clients – said by phone. “He’s a great shooting point guard. There haven’t been many point guards who shot the ball as well as him coming out of college, off the dribble and off the catch. I never changed the shot. Why would I?”

Regardless of the order, Fultz's shoulder saga has devolved into a frustrating start to his NBA career.



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I'm calling bullshit. Muscle imbalance? What does that even mean? Sounds made up. Something else is going on here, and Colangelo and the 76ers are already throwing the kid under the bus. I hope his agent gets him out of there and that the 6ers suck for another 10 years.

swedeinestonia wrote:

Shamrock1000 wrote:

bobheckler wrote:76ers' Markelle Fultz out indefinitely with 'muscle imbalance' in shoulder

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I'm calling bullshit. Muscle imbalance? What does that even mean? Sounds made up. Something else is going on here, and Colangelo and the 76ers are already throwing the kid under the bus. I hope his agent gets him out of there and that the 6ers suck for another 10 years.

Muscle imbalance is real, usually it is either quads/hamstring which would cause hamstring injuries or chest/back with chest/front shoulders being overly developed causing shoulders to rotate forward, bad posture etc. How it relates to shooting and his case is a little bit more unclear but as a real problem it does exist.

Shamrock1000 wrote:

swedeinestonia wrote:

Shamrock1000 wrote:

bobheckler wrote:76ers' Markelle Fultz out indefinitely with 'muscle imbalance' in shoulder

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I'm calling bullshit. Muscle imbalance? What does that even mean? Sounds made up. Something else is going on here, and Colangelo and the 76ers are already throwing the kid under the bus. I hope his agent gets him out of there and that the 6ers suck for another 10 years.

Muscle imbalance is real, usually it is either quads/hamstring which would cause hamstring injuries or chest/back with chest/front shoulders being overly developed causing shoulders to rotate forward, bad posture etc. How it relates to shooting and his case is a little bit more unclear but as a real problem it does exist.

Thanks for the explanation Swede. I actually regretted that post right after sending. Though I still feel the 76ers are somehow doing Fultz a disservice .