If you came here for certainties, you might be disappointed. By my count, there are two. First, the Sixers do not understand what, exactly, they are dealing with regard to Markelle Fultz. Second, Fultz's advisers have done him no favors with their latest round of decision-making.
That's the extent of the definitive judgments that one can reasonably render regarding the curious case of the kid who, just a year-and-a-half ago, was widely regarded as the most NBA-ready player in that year's draft. Nearly nine months after Fultz returned to the court following an extended absence to treat what was vaguely referred to as a case of "scapular imbalance," and two weeks after Fultz himself insisted that he was not battling any physical ailments that were significantly affecting his play, the shoulder has suddenly reemerged as an issue.