Toronto’s G League affiliate – the Raptors 905 – has claimed guard Markelle Fultz off the waiver wire after the former No. 1 overall pick signed an NBAGL contract, as Michael Grange of Sportsnet tweets.
Fultz, who was selected with the first pick in the 2017 NBA draft, had his career derailed by injuries and has played in just 255 regular season games across eight seasons for the Sixers, Magic, and Kings. He made 21 appearances for Sacramento in 2024/25, averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 8.8 minutes per contest.
Shoulder issues affected Fultz’s shooting motion early in his professional career, which is one reason why he has struggled to establish himself as an NBA regular. After making 41.3% of his three-point shots during his lone college season at Washington, the 27-year-old has converted just 83-of-296 attempts (28.0%) at the NBA level.
For now, Fultz figures to simply provide reinforcements for a Raptors 905 team that saw its depth decimated by NBA call-ups in the past week as Julian Reese, Olivier Sarr, and David Roddy all signed two-way contracts with rival NBA organizations.
Still, Fultz’s play for the 905 is worth monitoring, according to Grange, who reports at Sportsnet.ca that Toronto would like to add a guard with NBA experience to fill its open 15th roster spot, if possible. Lester Quinones is another player who has been on the Raptors’ radar, Grange adds.
Toronto is operating nearly $900K below the luxury tax line and could sign a player to a rest-of-season contract at any time without going into tax territory. However, Immanuel Quickley would receive a $500K bonus if the team makes the Eastern Conference Finals this spring, per Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca, so the Raptors will likely wait until mid-March to add a 15th man in order to avoid a scenario in which getting to the third round of the playoffs makes them a taxpayer.
If they don’t end up finding a veteran guard they like to fill their open roster spot, promoting one of their two-way players would be a backup option for the Raptors, Grange writes.
Lol
Dude is 27 years old and has made 90M playing hoops.
LOL indeed.
Philadelphia should have picked Jason Tatum with the third pick instead of trading for Fultz, because the Lakers were to pick Lonzo Ball with the second pick for sure. The rest is history.
Today I learned that the pick the Sixers got back in the Fultz trade was later used on Tyrese Maxey
Yeah, they got the best out of Orlando in that trade.
Wrong… Boston got the best of all of them with that trade.. His name is Jason Tatum in case you forgot.
You’re awfully confident for someone who doesn’t know anything. Philly traded Fultz to Orlando for the pick that became Maxey. That trade had absolutely nothing to do with Boston or Tatum.
In case you forgot.
Brutal trade Orlando
A reformed method of tanking often referred to as the Larue Martin rule.
Goodness look at that shooting form :|_|
Legit chucking it at the square hoping for the best