The 76ers will tell you that Markelle Fultz is safe.
They’ll tell you publicly that he’s still an integral part of their family and they don’t intend to trade him.
In a perfect world, they say, Fultz and Ben Simmons are the backcourt of the future. Two ball handlers on the court at the same time. We were told a year ago that Fultz’s ability to shoot from the perimeter and create his own shot would open up things for Simmons and Joel Embiid. The Sixers hope that still may be the case.
But how much of that has to do with an inability to trade him?