Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe shone the brightest in the Rising Stars at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Friday after carrying Team Vince to the title. For his strong performance in the ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Apathy didn't find its way to the Rising Stars game to kick off All-Star Weekend, because Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe wouldn't let it. Perhaps inspired by listening to ...

Team Vince emerged on top of the mini tournament — defeating Team Austin, Team T-Mac and Team Melo — and capped the run with a 25-24 victory over Team Melo in the title game. Edgecombe closed out both ...

VJ Edgecombe, the crunch-time machine, got after it once again on the national stage! On Friday evening during the Rising Stars event, Edgecombe played for Vince Carter and Team Vince as part of the ...

VJ Edgecombe was named the 2026 Rising Stars MVP after closing out two straight wins for Team Vince en route to the Rising Stars championship. In Game 1 between Team Melo and Team Austin’s G League ...

After a Sixers game earlier this season, rookie VJ Edgecombe and two of his teammates stood at their lockers and discussed possible contenders to play in the 2026 NBA Rising Stars Challenge. They ...

VALDEZ “VJ” Edgecombe had the kind of All-Star Weekend breakthrough every young player dreams about. Playing for Vince Carter’s squad in the four-team Castrol Rising Stars tournament at the Intuit ...

At the front, half-lit by the flicker of a white screen that has known better days, stands Musa Ssebanyiga, alias VJ Emmy, microphone in hand, headphones slightly crooked, eyes fixed on the moving ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- The opening night of the 2026 NBA All-Star weekend is in the books. Team Vince, coached by Vince Carter, defeated Team Melo, coached by Carmelo Anthony, in the NBA Rising Star ...

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey was ready to answer before the question was done being asked. Perhaps that said a lot in its own right. Perhaps he'd noticed a drop-off, too. "Probably huge," Maxey told ...

Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe was named the unanimous MVP of the 2026 NBA Rising Stars Game on Friday after winning the championship in Inglewood, California. Edgecombe totaled six points in ...

VJ Edgecombe was named the NBA All-Star Rising Stars game MVP. Kirby Lee / Imagn Images INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Philadelphia 76ers rookie shooting guard VJ Edgecombe was named the Rising Stars MVP after ...