Jimmy Butler on Markelle Fultz: “We want him to be great”

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When Philadelphia traded for Jimmy Butler, it was the effective end of the Markelle Fultz experiment for this season. The 76ers moved into a win now mode, which did not fit with letting Markelle Fultz start so he could gain confidence over time (that starting five with Fultz did not have enough shooting and often dug the team a nightly hole to climb out of). J.J. Redick was quickly starting again, and guys like T.J. McConnell and Landry Shamet were getting more run.

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