VJ Edgecombe experienced hardships throughout his childhood on Bimini, a tiny island in the Bahamas hardly known for developing NBA talent. Only 19, it wasn't much more than a decade ago when Edgecombe knew that his basketball talent — developed on the “hard sand” of his native land — could be a way to provide so much more for

V.J. Edgecombe is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers, getting picked third overall in Wednesday's NBA draft. The 6-foot-4 guard, who averaged 15 points per game as a freshman in his lone season at Baylor,

The Philadelphia 76ers will officially take Baylor star VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft.