WATCH: VJ Edgecombe addresses his beef with Cooper Flagg

Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe addressed his “beef” with Cooper Flagg on Paul George’s podcast and it’s exactly what us fans want to hear.

Listening to Edgecombe, even when it’s on Paul George’s podcast, was pretty cool. The kid has all the confidence in the world and rarely gave a soft answer. He’s raw and unfiltered. There’s no PR spin to anything he says.

It was refreshing to hear the rookie respond to his heated on-court battles with Flagg during their high school and AAU days. They’ve gone at each other in the past and after the NBA Draft, those clips resurfaced and have been going viral on the internet.

WATCH: VJ Edgecombe on his “beef” with Cooper Flagg

VJ Edgecombe gets real on his 'beef' with Cooper Flagg 👀

“Off the court we’re close, on the court we’re competitors.” pic.twitter.com/JH2WY0PcEu

— Podcast P with Paul George (@PodcastPShow) July 28, 2025

Edgecombe made it clear that the smoke was real but the respect is also mutual. He also said the clip was exaggerated by editing, too:

“He can’t say I’m not like that. He shot, flopped, tried to get a foul. I was like, bro, that ain’t no foul. And I just walked over him. I just walked to my bench. And then he came back. He’s like, oh, you’re not like that. So they drag it. Whoever the cameraman was dragged it so crazy. But I’m like, I understand. It’s for clicks. Got, like, a million views on it. So we saw the backside of you.”

VJ Edgecombe was born to play in Philadelphia

After hearing his name called at the NBA Draft, Edgecombe got emotional on stage—and not for show. The man lived without electricity for seven years. Straight up ran his household on a generator in the Bahamas.

“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.”

VJ Edgecombe is impossible to dislike & will become a fan favorite in Philly very soon… pic.twitter.com/6x2xZeXsjA

— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) June 26, 2025

That’s survival and that kind of upbringing doesn’t just build toughness, it breeds a different kind of hunger. You don’t go from that life to the NBA without being wired different. Edgecombe plays like every possession could be his last.

Safe to say, we’re all going to love him here in Philly.

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