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From Distance: Breaking Faces and Rotations

1. While I, like most NBA fans, am incredibly disappointed that Joel Embiid is out for the next two to four weeks due to an orbital fracture, there is a level of dark humor to be enjoyed.

Poor Markelle Fultz has been the target of much scrutiny during his strange rookie campaign. His case of “the yips“, brought on by his mystical shoulder injury combined with Jayson Tatum’s success in Boston has understandably made Fultz ripe for criticism.

After a miserable season, the young man finally made it back to the court and what happened?