Breaking: Raptors Sign Former No. 1 Overall NBA Pick

He'd been playing with the Toronto Raptors' G League affiliate, now former No. 1 overall NBA pick Markelle Fultz has a gig with the big club. The Raptors have signed Fultz to a 10-day contract.

Former No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz is signing a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors, Raymond Brothers of I Am Sports & Entertainment tells ESPN. Fultz joins Toronto for his ninth NBA season after spending time with the Raptors 905 G League team. pic.twitter.com/vkaYURhzdB
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This will be Fultz's 9th year in the NBA, after the Philadelphia 76ers made him the top overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. After a couple of injury-riddled seasons, Fultz was done in Philly, and his career never really took off to the level at which it was expected as a No. 1 overall pick. He did settle in as a decent rotational piece in the backcourt for the Orlando Magic a few years ago. He averaged 11.6 points per game and 4.8 assists for them over five seasons.

Fultz then joined the Sacramento Kings last season, but averaged only 8.8 minutes a night over 21 games.

The Raptors 905 picked him up earlier this month, and in five games with them, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists.

In 255 career NBA games, Fultz, 27, holds career averages of 10.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists.

The Raptors have a packed schedule over the next 10 days, so will utilize him for some ball-handling depth in the backcourt. Fultz will have the next six games to show what he can do.