Markelle Fultz To Return On Monday

Magic guard Markelle Fultz announced that he’ll return to action on Monday, the team’s PR department tweets.

Fultz will be making his season debut after rehabbing from an ACL injury to his left knee suffered early last season. He had been practicing off and on with the team since December and is finally return to step on the court again. He appeared in just eight games last season but suffering the tear in early January 2021.

Fultz’s three-year, $50MM contract extension kicked in at the beginning of this season.

The Magic already have some young pieces in the backcourt in Cole Anthony, Jalen Suggs and R.J. Hampton, so it will be interesting to see how Fultz, the top pick in the 2017 draft, will fit in for the remainder of this season. Hampton returned to action on Friday after missing 14 games due to a knee sprain.

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