Coming into the year, the comparisons between former Big 12 Rookie of the Year and current Philadelphia 76er VJ Edgecombe and Baylor five-star freshman Tounde Yessoufou happened early and often.
The Baylor Bears appeared to be in the driver's seat to land five-star talent Dylan Mingo, but the Glen Head (NY) guard is keeping his options open. Mingo took a visit to Waco back on Oct.
Since Scott Drew took over the Baylor Bears basketball program, he has sent 15 players to the NBA. Many former Bears appeared on various basketball courts over the last two days with the start of the 2025-2026 NBA season.
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Baylor men's basketball is back in action on Friday with a home game against Grand Canyon. The Bears will host Lopes for an exhibition game in Waco. Baylor head coach, Scott Drew, will be coaching head-to-head with his brother Bryce, who coaches GCU.
In recent years, Scott Drew and the Baylor Bears have done a great job in sending talent to the NBA, including Jeremy Sochan, Yves Missi, Ja’Kobe Walter and most recently VJ Edgecombe.
With the third pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected VJ Edgecombe from Baylor University. The 19-year-old managed to become quite the threat on both sides of the court during his lone collegiate season, averaging 15 points and 2.1 steals per game.
While it's only been a week since the Philadelphia 76ers selected Baylor University's VJ Edgecombe with the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, it hasn't disrupted the 19-year-old's grind to get better.
With the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected VJ Edgecombe, a guard from Baylor University. During his freshman season with the Bears, the Bahamian star averaged 15 points and 2.1 steals per game, as he would become known as quite the two-way threat.
With the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected VJ Edgecombe from Baylor University. In his single season with the Bears, Edgecombe averaged 15 points and 2.1 steals per game, managing to be a threat on both sides of the court.
Earlier in the month, the Philadelphia 76ers brought in a new guard for Nick Nurse to use in the backcourt as they selected VJ Edgecombe with the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
The Sixers have signed first-round pick VJ Edgecombe and second-rounder Johni Broome, the team announced in a press release. Edgecombe was the third overall selection after a spectacular season at Baylor, where he was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and earned second-team all-conference honors.
With the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected VJ Edgecombe from Baylor University. The former Bear would have a remarkable freshman season with the Bears, averaging 15 points and 2.1 steals per game, managing to become quite the two-way threat on the collegiate scene.
With the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected VJ Edgecombe from Baylor University. The former Bear averaged 15 points and 2.1 steals per game during his freshman season, managing to be quite the threat on both sides of the court.
The Philadelphia 76ers had a great draft pick with VJ Edgecombe on Wednesday. The 76ers used their No. 3 pick to select the Baylor guard, who has shown a lot of athleticism.
After a month of speculation, an answer has come. The Philadelphia 76ers have added their newest member, and it isn't Ace Bailey. It's former Baylor star V.J.
On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers ended what was months' worth of speculation regarding what they would do with their third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, as they selected VJ Edgecombe from Baylor University.
Paul George, once one of the NBA's top two-way stars, foresees a similar ceiling for VJ Edgecombe.
How many of the third overall picks from every NBA Draft during the lottery era can you name in five minutes?
The Philadelphia 76ers are still focused on potentially winning an NBA championship with their Big 3. The 76ers didn't have the best first season with Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey, which is why they missed the playoffs.
On Wednesday, the Philadelphia 76ers made an NBA dream come true after they drafted VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 pick. It was a toss-up between him and Rutgers star Ace Bailey.
The 6-foot-5 guard was the Big 12’s Freshman of the Year and made the All-Big 12 second team.
You might believe it’s only a matter of time before Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe becomes the newest member of the Philadelphia 76ers. You might be right. After all, Edgecombe has been the overwhelming favorite to land in Philly with the third-overall pick for the last couple of weeks.
Here is our prediction for the first 10 picks of the 2025 draft.
The front office needs to do what is best for the organization in the long term.
With less than a week to go until the 2025 NBA Draft kicks off and the top of the board beginning to be ironed out, it's starting to seem like one more top prospect outside of Cooper Flagg and VJ Edgecombe is primed to be off the board before the Utah Jazz are able to pick at fifth-overall.
The 2025 NBA Draft appears to have a clear-cut top two picks in Duke's Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper of Rutgers. After that, the draft is full of uncertainty.
Sources tell Fischer that the Baylor guard impressed Sixers officials with his “work ethic, personality and interviews” during a visit to Philadelphia last week.
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