Last week saw the Philadelphia 76ers start their regular season off with two games, one on the road, and one match at home, leaving with a record of 2-0. While

The 76ers are unbeaten, and Tyrese Maxey with rookie VJ Edgecombe are rewriting history with their electric backcourt performances.

Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe received a warm welcome from Philly fans after a stellar debut in Boston With the Sixers down by eight with less than five minutes remaining, fans started their long walk back to the parking lots. But for those who remained, they witnessed the Sixers battle back to make it a 1-point game with less than 2 minutes to play.

Joel Embiid gives his early assessment of Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe after the first two games of his career.

Rookie VJ Edgecombe and star Tyrese Maxey are leading the 76ers to such an excellent start to the 2025-26 NBA season.

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of only four NBA teams left who still haven’t lost a game in this early stage of the 2025-26 season. While it still early days, that is certainly a positive improvement so far from last year when Philadelphia finished with an underwhelming 24-58 record.

They received a big performance from their backcourt as Tyrese Maxey scored 40 points and rookie VJ Edgecombe dropped 34 in his NBA debut. Edgecombe, especially, had a historic debut. He had 14 points in the first quarter--the most by a player in the opening quarter of his debut since LeBron James scored 12 in the first back in 2003.

Joel Embiid has played alongside All-Stars and future Hall of Famers as a 76er. So the 2023 MVP and seven-time All-Star has become a good talent evaluator during his decade-plus with the franchise. And he knows that rookie guard VJ Edgecombe has a chance to be a special player.

After turning in his third-straight impressive outing with the 76ers, Nick Nurse reveals why he never doubted VJ Edgecombe at the NBA level.

As it has been so far this season, the starting backcourt of Tyrese Maxey and Rookie VJ Edgecombe carried the Sixers against the Magic. They combined for 40 of the Sixers' 72 first-half points and finished the game with a combined 69 points as Philly improved to 3-0 this season.