Will V. J. Edgecombe play with the Sixers in the Salt Lake City NBA Summer League 2025?
No. 3 overall pick VJ Edgecombe leads the Sixers into their upcoming summer tournament.
The Sixers get their Summer League campaign underway this weekend with a number of question marks surrounding their team. However, they’re not negative ones — especially with the possibility of fans finally seeing the new kid on the block: V.J. Edgecombe.
Edgecombe, a 19-year-old guard from The Bahamas, was picked 3rd overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the recent 2025 NBA Draft, making the jump to pro basketball after a standout freshman year with the Baylor Bears.
The upcoming run of games could be the perfect break-in period for the youngster, with practice — not wins — as the true measure of success. He’s on the roster and likely to feature.
Your 2025 Summer Sixers pic.twitter.com/hwTz6YaHaQ
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) July 1, 2025
‘He’s really doing things the right way’
“His athleticism really stands out,” Sixers player development associate coach T.J. DiLeo said of Edgecombe. “Like, you see it on the defensive end, offensive end, in transition. He plays super hard and he’s coachable. And he’s really trying to get the stuff we’re putting in early for Summer League — he’s really trying to learn that stuff. He’s asking questions. He’s really doing things the right way.”
In his lone 2024–25 season at Baylor, Edgecombe shone, starting all 33 games and averaging 32.8 minutes per contest. He posted 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2.1 steals per game, along with 0.6 blocks.
Edgecombe has an incredibly athletic profile: at 1.93m (6-foot-4) and 88kg (193lbs), the guard boasts a 2.01m (6-foot-7) wingspan and recorded a jaw-dropping 38.5-inch vertical leap at the draft combine.
“The long nights… I lived off a generator for 7 years. I didn’t have electricity - I lived off a generator for 7 years. To see what she had to go through just to feed us? Crazy.”
— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) June 26, 2025
VJ Edgecombe is impossible to dislike & will become a fan favorite in Philly very soon… pic.twitter.com/6x2xZeXsjA
He grew up in poverty and, as shown in the clip above, still holds a strong connection to his family and background. “Kids aren’t funded properly, (don’t) have a strong base, a strong foundation financially,” Edgecombe said at the time, per USA Today. “I just want to be able to help them, allow them to be happy, and give them the opportunity to get a free education at one of probably the best schools in the Bahamas.”
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