It’s Time: The Philadelphia 76ers should immediately sign Markelle Fultz off the Raptors 905 roster

Markelle Fultz signed with Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate in what might be the most unexpected basketball new of the month.

The former No. 1 overall pick is 27 years old, which sounds impossibly young given how long ago the Markelle Fultz saga feels, and he is apparently not done yet.

Great to see you, Markelle Fultz

MARKELLE'S FIRST BUCKET IN THE 905 😤 pic.twitter.com/gKxBw9O22F

— Raptors 905 (@Raptors905) March 8, 2026

His last recorded NBA action was with the Sacramento Kings in 2024-25, where he played 21 games at 8.8 minutes per night and averaged 2.9 points.

Before that he had four consecutive solid seasons with the Orlando Magic averaging double-digit scoring and five-plus assists per game, which is about as good as the Fultz story ever got after leaving Philadelphia.

What happened in between the No. 1 pick and the G League is one of the stranger NBA stories of the last decade.

Markelle Fultz had a broken jumper. That is the only way to describe it. Whether it was the injuries, the mental block, or something else entirely, the 28 percent career three-point shooter never got it back. The athleticism and the playmaking instincts were always there. The shot simply never came around.

BRING ME MARKELLE FULTZ

Here is the genuinely interesting wrinkle. Because Fultz is in the G League on a non-standard NBA contract, he is technically available to be signed by any of the 30 NBA teams right now, including the Philadelphia 76ers.

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The Sixers are currently without Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and Paul George. They are going to have to play Kyle Lowry significant minutes. It literally cannot get any worse.

They have roster needs at guard. Markelle Fultz, the man they drafted first overall in 2017, is sitting in the G League available on a phone call.

Is it going to happen? Almost certainly not but if Daryl Morey wanted to do something right (unlikely) he should at least make the call. At this point, why not?

The Sixers have tried everything else.

Welcome back, Markelle. Philadelphia will be watching. Time to come home.

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