The only players who have been busts selected #1 overall were big men, Fultz could be the first guard. I'm not saying he will be but his shooting is bad and it's odd he hasn't taken a 3 yet in game either. He's only shooting 38% from the field also, without any 3 point attempts, and 50% from the FT line. I'm not sure how Fultz was the sure-fire #1 overall pick in this last draft. It wasn’t just with the Sixers either but he was viewed as the #1 overall pick for Boston before they traded it, there was also some talk of the Lakers being interested in him at #1 as well. I don’t think any mock drafts had him out of the #1 spot. No one said that Fultz was the best PG in the draft or the best SG for that matter, he was the best combo guard but do you really want to gamble on a player who didn't lead his team to any success in college and doesn't really have a set position in the NBA at #1 overall? I wouldn't have with the other talent that was available. It's too early to call him a bust, he could be a great player, but I think the questions about him in the NBA were legit and Philly is in a good position to utilize him for his strengths since they have Ben Simons as a distributor/playmaker as well.
Philly used the #1 overall pick on him of course but they wanted him bad enough they gave up what should be a top 10 pick this year to get him in last year’s draft. They already have another player like Fultz though in Ben Simmons although Simmons is a combo/tweener forward. Simmons also went #1 overall, doesn't have a set NBA position, couldn't lead his college team to the tournament or any real success, has a questionable competitive drive, and is a poor shooter from range and questionable FT shooter. Simmons and Fultz are actually quite comparable now that I see them together, it's just a guard version and a forward version. Neither is position-less though because they excel at both spots but they don't stand out enough at either spot to be called that type of guard or forward. Philly went all in though and ended up getting the guard and forward version of that type of player, double their odds that one pans out kind of like how we got Bender and Chriss last year for our PF of the Future.
It's odd how guards who don't fall into 1 main position, Point Guard or Shooting Guard, are called "Combo" guards but forwards who aren't quite Small Forwards or Power Forwards are called "Tweeners" instead of "Combo Forwards". I’ve always thought “tweener” was kind of derogatory. However the way the NBA is changing there really aren't 2 different kinds of forwards anymore, at least not the traditional "Small Forwards" or "Power Forwards". They have the same SF and PF abbreviations but it’s more "Stretch Forwards" and "Point Forwards" nowadays, with traditional "Power Forwards" being moved to Center. Positions in the NBA have almost all changed with their meanings, I mentioned the forwards but with the guards they've become more Point Guards/Playmaking Guards, Shooting Guards/Scoring or Slashing Guards. Centers are still Centers with their main purpose being to rebound and guard the rim. Offensively though Centers can be just about anything nowadays, it's not the low post scorers of yesteryear. Outside of those positions though there are a lot of players who don’t fit those descriptions but are now just classified as “3 & D wings”.
