Published on March 9th at slamonline.com.
Markelle Fultz was already familiar with the United Center. He was accustomed to the lore and greatness surrounding His Airness’ bronze cast statue outside. He’d gawked at the Bulls’ six historic championship banners that waved in the rafters above and the sea of red and black chairs surrounding the light tan hardwood.
Stepping into the Madhouse on Madison as a McDonald’s All American, though, had a whole different vibe.
“I really was just kind of nervous and in awe really of just seeing everything,” Fultz tells SLAM. “Once you step inside the arena, you just realize how big it is and how dope it is just to be on that platform.”
The DMV native always held the dream of dawning the golden arches across his chest as a high school senior. In the middle of January during the famed Hoophall Classic out in Springfield, MA, that goal became reality. (READ THE FULL STORY HERE.)