I really don't get all this Futz anointing here.Anybody watch him play or just reading reports, box scores and highlight mixes.
He has the skills no doubt, and maybe he will eventually prove deserving of the number one pick in this draft, but right now I don't see the heart, will to win and the ability or willingness to make others around him better. Not even close to being a leader yet, unlike Ball who checks ALL of the above boxes.
Last night vs Cal and New Years Night vs rival WSh State, he folded like a cheap suit in crunch time. He couldn't finish on two drives late in the game in both games.he also threw up (maybe both ways), by hoisting an uncontested WAY off the mark three.
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I'd like to see him at crunch time in more close games before I rate him higher than Ball
To be fair, Ball plays alongside another high lotto pick in TJ Leaf. Fultz literally has zero help aside from a 6 foot sophomore guard that can shoot a little bit. But we are in luck because they play in the same conference! So Feb 4th, will be an interesting day as UCLA and Washington faces off.
Keep an eye on Fultz's movement when the ball is not in his hands (where it really should be if he is that good a player and his roster sucks). His movement is almost non-existent, and he looks very disinterred.
Well I don't see much of this that you're talking about, but maybe it's there and I just have to go back and watch.
He technically has had to go up against 5 guys every night, no one in his team is a playmaker besides him and it pretty much seems like there's no better option than to give him the ball, but that will get predictable in any level of basketball when he does not have freakish physical tools (LeBron, KD) but rather his deceptive handles and pace of play (Harden) and with no second or third option, you'll find that off ball movement will seldomly be rewarded with 5 guys looking out for you and you alone on this Washington team. I think the lack of a sense of urgency that you are seeing is him having Ben Simmons syndrome, not caring about close college games where he constantly has to carry scrubs.
I think he'll turn it up when he goes up against Lonzo, it's going to be a game that may impact the draft board so there's incentive for both to turn up, if Fultz folds here then I'll be worried but again we have to look at the context. They play each other twice this year.
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