INDIANAPOLIS — Long before the professional millions had been promised and Instagram stalked their styles, Chase Young and Markelle Fultz were high school basketball teammates at DeMatha Catholic in Maryland. A friendship born of bus trips, layup lines and late nights at local community centers years before is on the cusp of coming full circle. In 2017, Fultz became the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft after playing a lone season at the University of Washington. His old pick-and-roll partner eventually chose playing football full time, and after three years at Ohio State, he projects at the top of the 2020 NFL draft. “We’re two competitors,” Young told Yahoo Sports at the NFL scouting combine on Thursday. “He always said he was going to go No. 1 in the NBA draft. I always tell him, ‘You’re not going to be the only one.’ I’m going to go No. 1…
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