After the Philadelphia 76ers traded their No. 3 overall selection and next year's Los Angeles Lakers pick (protected 1 or any selection after 5) in order to select star point guard Markelle Fultz No. 1 overall.
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Not even a week into Las Vegas Summer League, and the Sixers are scrambling after a scary ankle injury has at least temporarily sidelined Fultz.
Fultz was seen struggling to get up and favored the ankle as he was helped to the back:
Fultz is apparently getting x-rays on his ankle.
Sixers injury bug rears its head again...
No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz needs to be helped off the court at Summer League. https://t.co/RIsmbSzTBj— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) July 9, 2017
Markelle Fultz is OUT for the rest of this game with a left ankle injury. Getting XRays now. Timothe... https://t.co/Id2npKds9z
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 9, 2017
Sixers GM Brian Colangelo says the doctors here diagnosed Fultz with a sprained ankle. https://t.co/1V9eNvNVIQ
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 9, 2017
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