VJ Edgecombe on Instagram- Recreates LeBron’s famous “Smiling through it all! Cant believe this is my life” post
this is funny as hell next season gonna be so interesting
This kid and Maxey makes the 76ers likeable. Gonna be a fun team to watch.
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!
Oh we also have Jaylen Brown but he’s like someone’s 7th best player or something.
Yeah I forget who his old team was but they REALLY didn’t seem to want him
At least they were able to keep the guy coming off a major injury. Whew.
Don’t forget they swapped him for a star that’s been injury prone for some time. Good thing, you definitely don’t want a player around that plays over 60 games a season.
I think that super likable guy Dave Portnoy is a big fan of theirs. Can’t remember the team’s name for the life of me, though.
analytically awful i heard
That’s very funny because even if you believe that was true, here he has Maxey, VJ, Embiid, and fucking LeBron so there’s zero shame being 5th best
I hope he wins 6MOTY somehow
Only thing he hasn’t won
I must have missed his MVP season then…
I mean I was thinking about if anyone on this team could set their pride aside and run the bench and close. Let brown get his minutes, but let him fry the other teams bench.
*7MOTY
would be funny if Jaylen Brown win the ring with the 76ers
Go birds FTC
Something advanced analytics
SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN
Get out skeleton man!
Thanks Brad!!!
My favourite part about all this is until y’all traded Jaylen Brown, LeBron didn’t think they were good enough, so you guys literally brought LeBron to Philly.
Yeah, listen to the Celtics fan.
*gargles bleach*
All those Celtics fans said they weren’t worried about Brown to the 6ers.
SHUT! SHUT! SHUT!
Is it all going to be filmed by Bron?
Just in general this should be a banger of a season. A lot of people going to get their hearts broken (not me - we’re winning the championship obvs)
I think the East will be the stronger conference this year
So same as last season cause you know, the NBA Cup winner AND NBA champs is from the East. Good to know. 😎
Sure, but last summer everyone thought it was wide open. Nobody is hard tanking and there’s a shitton of new/recovering superstars. Lebron, Kawhi, Tatum, Hali, Naz Reid, etc.
Nice one throwing in Naz there
Hmm one of these dudes is not like the others 🤔
Yeah, LeBron is old as fuck compared to the rest of those superstars.
If Kawhi goes to the Raptors, it’s a deeper conference for sure. Only reason West might be better is because they have the two juggernaut +60 win teams
East is certainly wayyyyyyyyy deeper. Tough to top OKC and Spurs though
East has the Knicks and 76ers
Ain’t no way lol
The NBA in general has been banging these past few years, and this is the best off-season we have had since 2018⁄19. So many fun narratives to follow, can OKC continue their form, will the young spurs get better, can the knicks continue their hot playoff run, will the Tatum led Celtics outperform the Brown led celtics, what will the new Luka centric Lakers look like, how the hell will Philly mesh. Young teams like Atlanta and Portland hoping for some leap from one of their young guys, Washington putting together this weird sleeper team, the Jazz finally deciding not to tank.
didn’t even mention lamelo on the wolves, kawhi (potentially) back on the raps with another good supporting cast, the pistons and rockets both trying to prove they’re not regular season merchants, and imo the most slept on story, halliburton returning and the pacers trying to get back their magic from a couple seasons ago.
Might have to let NBA completely consume my life with how this season is shaping up to be..
The memes have been hilarious and seeing Celtics fans absolutely crash out have been glorious popcorn munching.
I think VJ is humble and hungry enough to fit into any slot to win. Plus, LeBron “only” averaged 21 PPG last season, he’s not going to be the main shot creator, or the second. This is his facilitator era
Have to respect a student of history
Unlike Tyler Herro smh
Aw man, you gotta bring that up?
It is our burden to bear now, my friend
Every team needs a head case, it keeps the other team on their toes (Miles Bridges for me)
Why is it 1950?
Basketball was invented in 1891, wonder what he makes of that.
Thats not even a real year
How I sleep knowing I don’t have this dunce on my team anymore 😴 🛌 💤
We know for a fact LeBron posted this after 195-… ah shit nvm
Go look up that video on TikTok or YouTube of VJ in Highschool naming every NBA player in random pictures. I’ll find it now lol and edit this. He def knows..
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comments/1kntd4n/vj_high_iq_edgecombe_names_every_nba_player/
That video is kinda nuts tbh, every single picture is the player before they made the league in the McDonald’s All American Game (high school?)
Yea. He wasn’t even born when a few of them played lol.
big Jelly made me laugh
Getting all the WNBA players from high school is even more nuts. He must watch nothing but basketball.
The fact that he got Darius Bazley is nothing short of astonishing. Great shout
BIG JELLY
Darius Bazley was responsible for the Sixers being able to draft Tyrese Maxey.
Mike Muscala usually gets the credit for the 2 3s he hit in the last minute of a bubble game to help convey the pick to the Sixers, but Bazely played the game of his life to get them close enough for Muscala’s heroics to matter.
Bro has Sportism, mad respect
VJ is just the man, only reason ive watched our team again last 5+ years. It was a dreadful shit experience to Brother Valdez arrived
Person. Man. Woman. Camera. TV.
Crazy to think he was born after LeBron was drafted.
So were Wemby and Scoot
Woah, a Scoot Henderson mention in 2026
Get ready to hear his name 3 more times this season! But no more.
Scoot Scoot Scoot
Wait no what have I done?
Don’t worry it’s just summer league rn.
jumpscared
You shut your filthy mouth.
Speak up bitch🗿🖕
We are uncs and completely washed at this point.
He was born after Lebron made all nba 2nd team and was 6th in mvp
Cam Boozer was born after LeBron’s first Finals appearance.
This season LeBron will play against Cam Boozer, who was born after LeBron had already played in the Finals and after the first iPhone went on sale.
LeLongevity
what
That is fucking nuts
I really am 33 aren’t I?
If you’ll excuse me, I gotta go complain about how the NBA was better when it was low scoring like the 04 Pistons.
Lmao he was 12 when the original post happened
Just like 90% of this sub
sure about that? pretty sure only uncs use reddit.
Can confirm; I’m literally an uncle.
am literally an uncle as well.
Yo soy unc también.
I fucking wish
We need to get rid of the app and make it a website only again, that’ll get the nephews off of here
No pfp is almost always unc lol (me included)
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And they’re getting rid of old.reddit.
Percentage of its users has dropped massively, features (including ones that used to work on it for over a decade) are locked out of it, the admins are slowly making it unusable. You can’t access old.reddit unless you’re logged into an account, and now there’s a slow rollout where new accounts can’t access it at all.
Welp, guess that’s gonna be it for Reddit desktop for me. Hated the new layout since it first rolled out
Be the change you want to see in the world.
old.reddit.com for life!
I still refuse to use anything other than old.reddit.com
Me
there’s pfps on here??
That makes me feel so old
by the time you read this reply, you’ll be even older
Many people don’t realize this
This should make me upset right now, but honestly? Well done, VJ. Well-executed.
Team should be interesting, if nothing else.
Well memed, VJ. Well memed.
https://youtube.com/shorts/DK2hmR3OGvQ
We’ve reached memes of memes level of society.
Downfall imminent.
I disagree. Upfall coming.
Kids gonna be alright
don’t you mean uprise?
wait maybe not that either
https://imgur.com/1LGPgqb?r
downfall? Nah it’s the opposite. This is peak
Memecession indicator. Liquidate your meme portfolio ASAP
LeSimulacrum
VJ not realizing he gets to be the new Mario Chalmers and take the blame
Just pictured Bosh talking to Chalmers like he was his child lol
VJ better start practicing those corner 3s religiously 🤣
Jaylen Brown is right there. Nobody is gonna blame a 2nd year player on a stacked team
People love hating on Embiid too. Those two guys going to tank all the blame for the team
Embiid will get blame if he’s healthy and sucks
But realistically, nobody expects him to stay healthy and at that point it’s going to just be “told you so”s and “who could have seen this coming??”
In other words, Embiid missing time is priced into the expectations imo
You’re right, people’s desire to clown Boston might keep JB off the blame train
He is way too good to be relegated to that role
That and we all love him. The only player on the roster that is as untouchable as VJ is Maxey
He’s too smart and good
You think this is a fucking game?!
I love how VJ and Maxey sending videos from the gym
We got our fun young guys!
Even year for the Eagles, so they’re at least going to the SB, Sixers got two Finals MVPs in the off-season and the Phillies and Flyers are competitive too.
You go Philly
Mfs in the comments don’t know VJ Edgecombe. This kid is no Mario Chalmers
VJ is sole reason we are a good team again. Go look at the on/off stat. Or use your eyes. We were dog shit every time he left the court
??? I’m saying that he’s great
Oh yea I know. I’m just saying people don’t realize. We actually were a bad team when he was off the court
Oh sorry then, yeah I agree
Yea lol. I don’t think people realize how bad we were the year before we lucked into 3rd pick and last year anytime He rested. Even in playoffs they’d go on 15-2 Runs the second he left the court. He has an energy and presence about him you can’t really defy in numbers. In college he was shot blocking centers and he’s 6-4 barefoot, it’s like he plays way bigger than he is too. Was our best rebounder last year too
He will always be goated for this even if it was by accident https://youtube.com/shorts/DK2hmR3OGvQ
Put some respek on Chalmers name!
Cmon don’t disrespect #6
Whoa whoa whoa. No need to insult meme legend Mario chalmers ok? He’s just chillin
Why does he have a bowl of water
He got that dog in him
Fucking hell I choke on my coffee
Shoutout Quincy Hall!
It’s chalk for lifting
It’s hilarious people don’t know this
This is Reddit. Gym goers are the minority lmao
I mean, I go to the gym all the time, never seen someone have chalk in a stainless steel mixing bowl in my life
A lot of gyms have them.
It’s not usually a person lol
But I’ve gone to 3 gyms in my life and the only non commercial gym out of the three had 2 chalk bowls in the deadlift platform/ weightlifting platform area
Edit: actually 4 gyms, the one I forgot (my college gym 😭) had chalk in a bucket. But yeah, it’s not uncommon. I normally go to a nearby commercial gym and they don’t have one, but if you don’t go to a make expensive gym they probably won’t because a lot of commercial gyms don’t like having extra equipment like that and many don’t like chalk making a mess so they’ll let you bring some but won’t offer it
Thanks but I’m choosing to believe he’s feverishly lapping up water between sets
must be the water
Add that to the words of wisdom
Joel’s secret stuff
This is his life now
U dont?
My guy if you miss two shots in a row , forget about it , LeBron about to send you 3 years Dagestan
Bro took 13 threes in his first NBA game. Not even LeBron can mute this kid’s confidence
Remember when he winked to the camera in the playoffs lmaooo
next level situational awareness to know where the camera was and pull that off so smoothly
Totally agree
ty
VJ is like a Super Caruso. He doesn’t have to make 1 shot to be a massive impact on the game. That was reason he was a top 3 pick in a great draft. He can develop into anything but he’s a legit super athlete dawg
Led NBA last year in loose balls recovered as a rookie. Oh and led NBA in Clutch Shooting under 5 mins. He can miss every 3 first 3 quarters then in 4th he rarely misses lol
LeBron is going to fucking live VJ.
you mean Memphis?
LeSmiling
I’m just glad the city and his new teammates are embracing him. Fuck the Lakers and Los Angeles for taking Bron for granted. Respectfully.
This guy makes it hard to root against the Sixers, Maxey too.
Bad idea, now for sure he’ll go bald soon
enjoy that corner my boy
Enjoy Playoff P my boy (ur cooked)
I think the strategy should be to let VJ and Philon run the second unit while stars sit. It will improve their overall skills as playmakers and facilitators, and let them handle double teams and increased defense towards them. VJ is already an elite athlete so I can definitely see him playing a role on defense and slashing while set up by LeBron.
I always favored this strategy for a second unit
He will make so many other plays happen.
From Ben Simmons to this, I’m ready.
I’ve been processing for so long. If it all led to this then I’ll be happy
LeBron deserves every single second of this moment
Hahaha what a cheese ball
I’m happy that VJ and Maxey will have more eyes on them
VJ has to be funniest guy in the nba
How the fuck do the Sixers go from being completed washed to being a super team.
Damn you Brad Stevens!!!!
It still doesn’t feel real
LeBron made all-NBA before he was born
Absolute peak
Games not gone
Alright, I love this guy
Imagine having to hide your worst perimeter defender on VJ. The kid’s gonna feast.
In the future, we won’t have art museums. We’ll have social media post museums
Let’s Go! We will dog walk Celtics this time. 😄
A man of taste
Live love LeBron
VJ knows the assignment. grew up watching that exact post go viral back then 💀
That starting 5 is gunna be interesting to watch
What a life!!! So fun
Don’t make me like the sixers pls
This guy is going to be so good.
I love vj.
ball knowledge
i think Lebron gonna help him develop fs. Damn im so excited for this team
He just got demoted to a corner shooter most of the season and he didn’t realize it yet.
interesting to see what happens with VJ next season, could help having the 3rd/4th best defender on you
but feel like ideally he would be like 2nd in usage with a ton of opportunities on a mid team for max development
Playing with a few olympians may possibly be good for development
Donovan Mitchell should recreate the photo of LeBron staring in the mirror
Bro i saw this somewhere else and thought it was ai 🤣
smiling through it all” feels like the real caption here
Lmao
