Does the name LaRue Martin ring a bell to anyone?

Didn’t think so.

Martin was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers way back in 1972. The 6-foot-11 center out of Loyola University of Chicago lasted just four seasons in the NBA, with career averages of 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds. Believe it or not, he’s the last player to be taken first overall in the draft after being on a losing team in his final college season.

Martin will no longer have that distinction if the Boston Celtics select Washington guard Markelle Fultz with the top pick next month. Fultz and the Huskies finished a dreadful 9-22 (2-16 in the Pac-12) in 2016-17.

Nobody can deny the talent and potential possessed by Fultz, a long and athletic 6-foot-4 combo guard. As an 18-year-old freshman he averaged 23.2 points per game, 5.9 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks. He shot 41.3 percent from deep.

Those numbers are pretty darn good.

Around here, he’s all the rage in draft conversations. Ever since the pingpong balls broke the Celtics’ way last week, it’s been a veritable Markelle Fultz lovefest. All it took was a couple draft gurus to talk about his wingspan and compare his game to James Harden’s, and all of sudden folks are billing him as a transcendent can’t-miss franchise prospect. The Celtics are in an enviable spot with boatloads of options, but it feels like Green Teamers have their hearts set on one thing on draft night: Fultz.

Let’s all just pump the brakes a bit here. Allow me to interject some healthy skepticism.

Fultz very well may end up being the player many people think he will be, he’s definitely got the tools. But that nine-win season at Washington is alarming and somehow it’s just being glossed over.

In basketball, great players win games. At the very least, they win more than they lose. That’s especially true in high-level college basketball. And even more true when you’re universally considered one of the top three players entering the draft.

Of the last 10 college players selected No. 1, nine won at least 25 games in their final college season. The one player who didn’t was LSU’s Ben Simmons, who still led his team to a respectable record of 19-14. The average record of those players in those 10 seasons was 31-6.

Fultz’s final seven games with the Huskies were all losses. Heck, he even lost a game to Yale. If Yale seemed challenging, how are the Warriors, Spurs and Cavs going to look?

Last week I tweeted that I would draft UCLA guard Lonzo Ball with the top pick ahead of Fultz. In response to that, one of my Twitter followers told me to watch Fultz’s YouTube highlights and I would change my mind.

There’s a probably a really good Harold Miner highlight video out there as well. The problem is, all those dunks and sweet drives did for the man once dubbed “Baby Jordan” was get him a four-year NBA career in which he averaged 18.7 minutes per game.

I don’t need highlights to tease me with what Fultz is capable of. I’ve seen him play, and I know he’s very good, and I know he has a solid chance to have a terrific pro career. But for right now, there’s some missing key intangibles.

Maybe he doesn’t do enough to get the most of the players around him. Maybe he takes plays off on the defensive end. Maybe his numbers are largely hollow, meaning they have little impact when the game is hanging in the balance.

What we do know is that Ball played in the same conference as Fultz and his team finished 31-5. Ball is the ultimate facilitator and unquestionably makes the players around him better. TJ Leaf, a freshman forward for UCLA, may also be a lottery pick next month, thanks in large part to Ball spoon-feeding him layups and dunks. On top of that, the 6-foot-6 Ball is bigger than Fultz, shot better from the floor (55.1 percent) and just about the same from deep (41.2 percent).

Yet Ball still can’t seem to distance himself from the criticism of having a loudmouth father and an awkward-looking jumper.

There is no perfect player in this draft. It would be wise not to go falling in love with anyone just yet.

Follow Matt Langone on Twitter @MattLangone.