Going into the offseason the main goal for Markelle Fultz was to fix his jump shot and get comfortable enough to actually shot the ball next season.
Fultz has been working with player development specialist Drew Hanlen this offseason. Hanlen joined the Talking Schmidt Podcast and said that Fultz will have his shot perfect by the end of summer.
“We've been working hard every day, working on re-wiring his body and getting a smooth stroke back into his shot. We're way ahead of pace where I thought we were going to be..I thought it was going to take me at least 6 weeks before we had a serviceable jump shot. We already started to shoot with a jump in week 2. It's not perfect yet, but I think by the end of the summer it will be perfect.”
A lot of the speculation towards the end of the season was he didn't like to shoot because of the injury, but there were rumblings the last few weeks that he didn't shoot because of his confidence. On the podcast, Hanlen confirmed that saying Fultz had the “Yips.”
The Philadelphia 76ers are primed to be really good next year, even if they don't land LeBron James, and if Fultz can become more of a weapon that would be just another plus.
If Fultz can have confidence in the shot, and he starts to hit them with more consistency, the Sixers are going to be a tough team to beat in the East, and the expectations are going to be even higher.
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