One of the most intriguing prospects in this year's draft has been Washington point guard Markelle Fultz.

Throughout the entire pre-draft process, it has become quite evident that Fultz has supreme confidence in his individual game and ability on the court. During a recent ESPN segment interview with soon-to-be Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady, the 19-year-old voiced some lofty goals for his rookie season.

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“I got big goals for myself. Rookie of the Year, winning MVP.”

Fultz stated these personal goals without any hesitation as he truly believes he can achieve each of them. In NBA history, only two rookies have won the MVP award both are Hall of Famers in Wilt Chamberlain in the 1959-60 season and Wes Unseld in the 1968-69 season.

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Chamberlain in his first year in the league with the Philadelphia Warriors averaged an astounding 37.6 points and 27.0 rebounds per game that also helped him earn the Rookie of the Year award. Philadelphia finished with the second-best record in the league that season. Granted, Chamberlain played in a completely different era of the NBA when there were only eight teams and he was far away the most dominate big man in the league.

As for Unseld, he came in and produced right away, averaging 13.8 points and a career-high 18.2 rebounds per game while helping the Baltimore Bullets earn the best record in the league.

If Fultz has any hope of achieving his lofty goals, this would require him to come in and completely dominate the game from the get-go while leading his team to a tremendous amount of success in the process.

On top of that, he would have to outplay the likes of Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry. That is an extremely tall task in its own right, which makes these aspirations quite hard to believe that they are attainable.

That said, Fultz's confidence is something to admire but he's got a much greater chance of winning the rookie of the year award next season.