CAMDEN, N.J. -- Shortly after the Sixers selected VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the team's newest building block held his first media availability with Philadelphia reporters.

Edgecombe spoke with passion and intensity about wanting to retire as teammates with Tyrese Maxey. He argued that Jared McCain would have been the NBA Rookie of the Year had he not gotten injured. He referred to Joel Embiid and Paul George as "most likely Hall of Famers."

But one particular remark made by Edgecombe caused a lot of laughter on the Zoom call, and it was about Eric Gordon, one of Edgecombe's teammates with the Bahamian national team. Now they would be joining forces again in Philadelphia.

"It's crazy me and EG are teammates now," Edgecombe said. "EG... EG is old, man

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