1 - no one will ever take the blame for this, especially in a high profile case

2 - there’s still a huge stigma associated with neuro-cognitive pain (“the pain is all in your head”...well yeh, all pain is created by the brain). Just look what happened when Mark Jones used the word “psychosomatic” to characterize Brett Brown’s private production meeting comments - Fultz went full emo on Twitter, Brett Brown basically had to retract everything, ESPN apologized, and Mark Jones apologized.

All off one word - the one word that has came closest to actually describing the real issue. Fultz isn’t some “mystery” - this is a common presentation in patients suffering from chronic pain, high stress situations