NEW YORK — The Philadelphia 76ers selected Baylor freshman guard VJ Edgecombe with the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night. The 19-year-old Edgecombe had an outstanding season for the Bears, averaging 15 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

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

The Dallas Mavericks have the No. 1 pick for the first time since 1981, when they selected three-time All-Star Mark Aguirre. The Phoenix Suns reportedly acquired the No. 10 pick in a blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets.