3 teams that should look to take a flier on Markelle Fultz

His value may have sunk depressingly low, but there are still a number of teams that could afford to take a chance on Markelle Fultz.

The Markelle Fultz era appears to be coming to an unceremonious end in the City of Brotherly Love, as the former No. 1 overall pick is reportedly no longer part of the Philadelphia 76er’s long-term plans, according to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Every week it seems like another layer is added to this exhausting saga. On Thanksgiving day, Dallas Cowboy’s receiver Amari Cooper imitated one of Fultz’s more bizarre free throw routines following a third quarter touchdown.

A couple days prior, The Athletic‘s David Aldridge tweeted that Fultz would sit out of all team practices and games moving forward while a shoulder specialist took a crack at coming up with a diagnosis.

The Sixers have done their best to remain patient and supportive with one of the weirdest “injuries” in sports history. But after acquiring Jimmy Butler a couple weeks ago, they aren’t so interested in playing the waiting game anymore, which puts the former Washington point guard in position to be shipped elsewhere in return for a package that could be more useful in the present.

Not many teams are in dire need of a primary ball-handler, and much less want one who brings as much turmoil as Fultz. There are some, though, that could see his availability as a tremendous kind of buy-low opportunity that rarely presents itself.

Fultz is still merely 20 years old, and there has to be some reason Philly decided to trade up in the draft to take him. It’s very likely a front office has the faith in their organizational culture enough to bring him into the fold, or if not for that reason, then maybe just because of the potential lying dormant somewhere within his mind.