I can't believe the kid is still only 18!! Unreal. (about to turn 19,but still!!)
He'll be 19 about the same time the C's get eliminated by the Cavs. Still, he's the youngest top prospect in the draft by at least a few months. He's not yet done growing, as you've seen lately, he's gotten bigger since his season ended. He'll be a solid 6'5. People say he's not that athletic. He's not MJ but he is so very smooth if you've watched enough of him. He lulls you to sleep and then you're toast. Also, as been mentioned several times, he was on the worst team in the PAC12. I've seen HS teams better than them. Can't blame him for not winning more games. He did his part, at 18 years old. PER of over 28 in 35 minutes of play.
People keep bringing this defense up. It's nonsense. He didn't end up there against his will.
I don't know much about college basketball, but even I can tell he had offers from multiple top programs and chose to go to the Huskies.
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/203881/markelle-fultz
Then you should probably quit talking about it.
That said, to repeat myself from a couple of months ago:
1) Lorenzo Romar is a pretty good recruiter, and generally a very well-liked person. As a UW alum friend of mine told me recently (while advocating that Romar is a terrible coach) "If I had a son and wanted him to become a man, Lorenzo Romar is who I'd want teaching him."
2) Despite being a poor in-game coach, he's helped several players develop skills game for the NBA. Most notably, our own Isaiah Thomas, but he's got a lot of kids in the pros that were not 5-star recruits -- he's pretty overrepresented in the NBA given the caliber of players he had.
3) When Fultz committed, Dejounte Murray and Marqueese Chriss had yet to start their freshman years. Neither were expected to be one-and-dones, so when Fultz committed he presumed he'd have some talented teammates around him. Sure, he could have decommited when they turned pro, but I'm not going to fault a kid for a) honoring his commitment, or b) continuing to remain interested in a program that just put two freshmen into the 1st round of the NBA draft.
4) If NBA scouts aren't concerned about his school's record, why are you? He's not the first kid to have come out of a school that's had a terrible season, and he won't be the last. As you said, you don't know much about college basketball.