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A Philadelphia 76ers holiday story: What if Markelle Fultz starts playing like the No. 1 pick?

This is the time of year for joy, celebration and thinking well of your fellow man and woman. So, in this time of hoping wishes come true, here is one gift the Philadelphia 76ers and its followers would like to receive:

How about Markelle Fultz comes back completely cured of his shoulder/whatever-it-was problems, and proceeded to play like the Sixers and the rest of the NBA expected him to when he was drafted?

Remember what he looked like in Summer League right after being the No.1 overall pick? He was pretty darn good:

Not to rehash all that has occurred since that period, you can go through here, here and here for that, but remember how Sixers fans in the summer of 2017 rejoiced as general manager Bryan Colangelo swindled Celtics GM Danny Ainge in a trade for Fultz, forcing Boston to take the lower-rated Jayson Tatum instead.