ORLANDO – The chant started in the lower bowl on Monday, a handful of powder blue clad fans leading it.
M-V-P … M-V-P …
It picked up a few dozen more voices, enough to catch Markelle Fultz’s ear.
M-V-P … M-V-P … M-V-P …
“Oh I heard it,” Fultz said, smiling. “It was dope.”
There are good stories in the NBA this season. Luka Doncic’s rise in Dallas. Pascal Siakam’s leap in Toronto. And then there is Fultz. He’s a great story.