Report: Fultz a 'vastly improved player' with broken jumper now 'rebuilt'

"We can rebuild him. We have the technology."

Markelle Fultz didn't require bionic implants like Colonel Steve Austin to try to cure what ails him, but he did need a great deal of help from famed skills coach Drew Hanlen to attempt to fix his broken jump shot. It sounds like the work he's put in is paying off.

Fultz's jumper has been "rebuilt," and as a result, the 20-year-old point guard is a "completely different, vastly improved player," one league source privy to Fultz's workouts told Yahoo Sports' Jordan Schultz.

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Fultz first overall in the 2017 draft, but his rookie campaign featured a myriad of issues that kept him sidelined for most of the season. A right shoulder injury - diagnosed as a scapular muscle imbalance - greatly hindered his shooting mechanics, which Fultz had been tinkering with prior to getting hurt.

Philly elected to sit him indefinitely after he made only four appearances in October. Fultz returned on March 26, suiting up for a grand total of 14 games last season. He also sat seven of the team's 10 playoff outings.

During an appearance on the Talking Schmidt Podcast last month, Hanlen described Fultz's shooting woes as being a case of "the yips," and that Fultz had "completely forgot how to shoot and had multiple hitches in his shot."

"It’s not perfect yet, but I think by the end of the summer it will be perfect, he’ll be back rolling and he’ll show people why he was the No. 1 pick," said Hanlen, according to Philly Voice's Kyle Neubeck.

Fultz averaged just 7.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in 18.1 minutes per game, converting 40.5 percent of his field-goal attempts while missing his lone 3-pointer of the season.