Could 2023 be Markelle Fultz’s breakout season?

Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe start of Markelle Fultz’s NBA career has been as unorthodox as his jump shot.

Following one of the best individual seasons in Pac-12 history, the former five-star Maryland native was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2017 NBA Draft.

What followed remains complicated to explain. Essentially, an ailing neck and shoulder prevented Fultz from replicating what he did at Washington in Philadelphia.

Nearly a year and a half later, Fultz was traded to the Orlando Magic; marking the beginning of a potential career resurgence. But on January 6, 2021, during a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Fultz suffered a torn ACL;…