Markelle Fultz to make his season debut with Orlando / News - Basketnews.com

Markelle Fultz is slated to debut with the Orlando Magic tonight after a serious injury forced him to miss the better part of the 2021-22 season.

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Markelle Fultz is expected to hit the floor again, after seven months and his serious ligament injury, The Athletic's Shams Charania reports.

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Fultz is considered one of the unluckiest first draft picks in NBA history. From 2017 onwards he has managed to play in just 131 matches, with the 2019-2020 season being the most eventful of his career with 72 games.

Last season, after 18 games with the Orlando Magic at the end of the season, he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture. According to the Magic briefing, Fultz may return tonight to the match against his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Fultz has already been extremely unlucky several times in his career, having so far played in only 131 of the 338 games this five years. Last season (2021-22) he averaged 10.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 20 minutes.

The 24-year-old guard has averaged 10.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists for his career.

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