
Makelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball went 1-2, as expected in Thursday night. The Celtics, who traded the top pick to the Sixers and moved down to No. 3, went with the Duke guard, whose scoring ability fits what Boston needs.
It marks the fourth straight year the Blue Devils have produced a top-three pick.
For Markelle Fultz, it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
In keeping with that theme, he showed off the inside of his grey suit jacket after the Philadelphia 76ers picked him first in Thursday night’s NBA draft.
There were about a dozen pictures of friends and family along with his slogan F2G, which means “Faithful to the Grind.”
Fultz said it’s the pictures of the things that mean the most to him.
After the 76ers selected Fultz, the Los Angeles Lakers took Lonzo Ball with the No. 2 pick.
Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season at Washington, tops among freshmen, and added 5.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game, the only Division I player to reach those stats. He walked across the stage Thursday night at Barclays Center wearing red sneakers made of basketballs.
The 76ers had the No. 1 pick for the second straight year after trading with the Boston Celtics on Monday. Now they add Fultz to a promising young core that includes Rookie of the Year finalists Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, plus Ben Simmons, the top pick from last year who sat out all season with a foot injury.
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