VJ Edgecombe plays it cool before the Victor Wembanyama match

ByNBAUSA



When it comes to Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe is about as cool as they come.

One of the best young players in the NBA who still can’t legally walk into a bar, Edgecombe quickly established himself as the 76ers’ long-term starter, to the point where Daryl Morey was willing to exchange of another young guard, Jared McCainto guarantee the maximum runway for the number 3 overall pick.

So it’s only natural that when Edgecombe gets a chance to showcase his rapidly growing game on national television, especially against a future face of the league like Victor Vembanyamahe’ll have extra motivation to show up on the field, right?

Eh, not so much, as before the game, Edgecombe had a simple answer to reporter Ashlyn Sullivan about whether he’s excited to face “The Alien.”

““Eh, not really,” Edgecombe declared.

A true success story of perseverance, Edgecombe went from a house in the Bahamas that used a generator to generate power to consensus five-star recruit who played his college ball at Baylor, and ended up being the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, where he was selected by Morey over other options such as Conn Knuepel and Ace Bailey.

Widely called more of an athlete than a finished product coming into the NBA, Edgecombe looks pretty polished as he prepares for his first NBA postseason run, averaged 15.5 points, 3.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds night while playing really good defense and hitting 36.3 percent of his 5.8 3-pointers per game. If Edgecomebe keeps this up, he’ll not only end his rookie season with a spot on the All-Rookie team, but he’ll become the kind of star player that Wemby will look forward to in the future.





2026-03-04 01:56:00

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