ORLANDO – Quite possibly, no member of the Orlando Magic was more excited about playing the Washington Wizards on Sunday night than Markelle Fultz, a point guard who grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, occasionally rooted for D.C.’s NBA team as a child and later grew close to some of the squad’s current stars.
Fultz, 21, was born in Upper Marlboro, Md., and he later attended high school at the famed DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Md. His dreams of someday playing in the NBA started when he would watch Wizards’ games on TV or attend them to see the level that he needed to get to with his own play.