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Markelle Fultz is back with Sixers, but no timetable for return

The first-overall pick of the 2017 draft attended Saturday afternoon’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Wells Fargo Center.

Injured Sixers player Markelle Fultz, left, watches from the bench next to teammate Jimmy Butler during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Sixers lost 117-115.
Injured Sixers player Markelle Fultz, left, watches from the bench next to teammate Jimmy Butler during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Sixers lost 117-115.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer

Markelle Fultz is back with the 76ers.

The first-overall pick of the 2017 draft attended Saturday afternoon’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Wells Fargo Center. Fultz took a red-eye flight from Los Angeles Friday night to be with the Sixers and continue his rehabilitation at the team’s practice facility in Camden.

There is no timetable for his return.

Fultz had been working out with former Los Angeles Lakers physical therapist Judy Seto in Los Angeles since his agent, Raymond Brothers, announced on Dec. 4 that he was diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

Seto is attending a conference on the West Coast. There was thought that she would travel here to work with Fultz at the Sixers’ facility afterward. Then after a transitional period, the expectation was that Fultz would work with the Sixers staff. However, the next step has not been determined at this time.

The Sixers will see what type of shape he’s in.

“I think once we can assess that judgement to try to get him back on track where he can come on an NBA court and play again,” Brown said. “But I don’t know how far away that is.”

He has missed 28 consecutive games since last playing on Nov. 19. The first-overall pick of the 2017 has already missed 93 games, dating back to last season.