76ers Trade Markelle Fultz To Orlando Magic, Reports Say
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's the end of maybe one of the strangest eras in NBA history for a first overall pick. The Sixers traded 2017 first-overall Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic Thursday afternoon, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
You have to applaud general manager Elton Brand for the reported return.
Jonathan Simmons and a first-round pick are coming back to the Sixers. It's a 2020 top-20 protected first-round pick from Oklahoma City that the Sixers actually once controlled.
And a 2019 second-round pick that will convey between three teams: Cleveland, Houston and Orlando.
All that for Fultz, who may have never played for the Sixers again.
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The Fultz questions will be the main ones posed now. Brand will answer questions at a 5 p.m. press conference. We'll also hear from Tobias Harris, the big acquisition from the Los Angeles Clippers at the deadline to give the Sixers a "Big 4."
Fultz played only 33 games in Philly due to right shoulder issues.
But no doubt, the Sixers moving on from Fultz has people buzzing.
Simmons is a 6-foot-6 guard. This will be his third team in four seasons after spending two seasons with the Spurs and Magic. He is averaging 7 points per game so far this year, and will be a versatile athletic player to help the team's bench depth.
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