Firm_Mode_5868

45 | 2 hours ago

Maxey looked awesome next to Harden. It’s great he got the on ball reps afterwards, but that was some beautiful ball

Personal-Shake-8989

7 | an hour ago

Seeing Maxey develop the harden step back and pocket pass it was so clear and obvious how good it was for him in real time

mohub21 | 76ers

3 | 37 minutes ago

As soon as Harden came everyone started doing step backs lmaooo

CrispyBalooga | Pistons

34 | an hour ago

I really think VJ will get plenty of moments this season.

He will play a lot of minutes with a lot of different lineups.
He will be guarded by the other team’s worst defender most nights.
He is going to feast in transition.
He is going to get a LOT of open 3s.

He won’t be doing much self creation but a season of off-ball reps could really serve him down the line.

MortyMcflyer48

12 | an hour ago

I think playing with LeBron can only help his progression. Similar to Maxey with Harden. He’s just gonna learn so much.

CrispyBalooga | Pistons

7 | an hour ago

The mentor aspect is real. Jaylen has a ton of relevant experience to pass on too, dude’s played 142 playoff games.

MortyMcflyer48

3 | an hour ago

Exactly and VJ seems like he’s a sponge. So I’m excited for him

Big_Distribution_642

4 | an hour ago

I was thinking that when the Knicks and 76ers match up, I’m not sure who else Brunson would guard in the starting 5 other than VJ? and VJ could def make him work on both ends a little bit more than that sweep in the 2nd round last season

CrispyBalooga | Pistons

2 | an hour ago

Yeah unless they want to risk Maxey having a field day.

I foresee a lot of offense involving VJ setting screens for the big dogs to force awkward help scenarios involving Brunson or whomever they’re hiding on him.

i_like_philly | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

The Knicks did a really good job hiding Brunson on defense in the playoffs, we were one of many teams who thought we could exploit that matchup and get a lot of easy buckets against him but it didn’t really work out that way for us (or other Knicks opponents). I’m not smart enough to tell you how they fixed that issue, but they did something right.

CrispyBalooga | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

My short answer would be that OG, Mikal and Hart are three good to great defensive wings who can cover space for Brunson to be able to hedge and recover without giving anything up.

mohub21 | 76ers

2 | 35 minutes ago

I think our whole offense is going to be mismatch hunting. We’ll always have at least one

Complete_Crazy_4887 | Lebanon

1 | 8 minutes ago

He graded out best as a spot-up shooter and transition scorer last season so I think it’s a great situation for him. He still needs some polish as an on-ball scorer so the posts saying he needs the ball in his hands are kind of weird. Eventually that might be the case but not now

Clemsontigger16

13 | an hour ago

Maxey is such a likable guy

BeyondTheVault | Vancouver Grizzlies

3 | an hour ago

I am liking both Tyrese in the league.

JasonWaterfaII | Pistons

4 | an hour ago

This is good leadership from Maxey. It’s both the message that VJ needs to hear and the mindset VJ needs going into the season. He can’t think he’s relegated to standing in the corner. He needs to play his game, even if his opportunities are scaled back, his approach in those opportunities needs to be the same mentality he had last year and what he saw his progression being this year. He will inevitable develop under the tutelage of LeBron if he takes the opportunity given to him.

Niceguydan8

2 | 2 hours ago

It’s definitely not the same and VJ is not as polished of an offensive player(or anywhere as close to as good of one) as Maxey was when Harden got to the team.

dWaldizzle | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

VJ is already better than Maxey at defense, passing, etc. it’s not like the only reason he’s on the floor is to score

mcy33zy

1 | 20 minutes ago

Maxey averaged 8 points over 61 games his rookie season before Harden showed up after the deadline in year 2. Maxey was nowhere near the player he is today going into year 2. He had a floater in his game at the time and that was about it, he took a massive leap between year 1 and 2 when it came to 3pt% but I wouldn’t describe his game as “polished”.

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

2 | 38 minutes ago

Maxey seems like a great locker room guy. If he’s srill in the league in his mid 30’s, he’ll be one of those vets every team wants

CurrentRoster [OP] | Wizards

1 | 35 minutes ago

imagining 2038 maxey could put up 2026 lowry numbers rn

Dangerous_Ad5039

1 | 9 minutes ago

VJ should be ecstatic. He was average in the playoffs and just not good in the Knicks series. Getting someone to take the pressure off you while still playing in those high leverage moments will be huge.

xebex1778 | Knicks

-3 | 2 hours ago

Third option and fifth option are very different things

CurrentRoster [OP] | Wizards

15 | 2 hours ago

still, he’s talking about how the new addition is gonna lead to sacrificing their numbers but VJ as the youngest player shouldn’t let that affect him being more aggressive. and if VJ played his rookie year behind Doc instead, he prolly wouldn’t have even been able to average 15 last year

BuQuChi | Knicks

-5 | 2 hours ago

He can be aggressive but with way less reps. Jaylen Brown and LeBron aren’t sacrificing for VJ’s development.

Maxey is kind of side stepping the reality of the pecking order in Philly now through this interview.

Mood_Academic | Lakers

9 | 2 hours ago

LeBron will give young guys the ball man. During crunch time… it’s HIM time

But throughout the course of a game he will take a backseat. So many 2-3rd qts where LeBron won’t shoot. He’ll go out of his way to get guys the ball.

BuQuChi | Knicks

1 | 40 minutes ago

He’ll get the ball for sure, but someone is gonna be a corner guy more than the others. Maxey and JB are the lead shot creators who can work in isolation at a high clip. I see VJ as the youngest guy who will be in that spot.

It’s like Mikal Bridges on the Nets vs the Knicks. His shot diet changes. The question is does VJ see himself as a Bridges type player and for how long.

jmak329

0 | an hour ago

Yeah I think this is kind of the point of him choosing this team. There’s a similarity with the Lakers where the Sixers have young guys that will just eat for some games/qtrs and he can take a backseat. Especially since if we’re being real here… Embiid and Lebron probably will really only be playing like half the games lmao. Lebron more for sure, but he’s gonna be sitting out a handful. If not fully out, there will be a ton of minutes restrictions as we saw with Embiid last year. Most of his games, he did 25-30 minutes, and pretty much sat out the 4th.

There will be plenty of chances for the young guys to develop. Sure not as much as prior years, but learning under JB and Lebron will do wonders for these kids.

mohub21 | 76ers

5 | an hour ago

Ya’ll want this to crash and burn so bad lol

SiriPsycho100 | NBA

4 | 2 hours ago

I meanc, Bron is going to be hooking up everyone and I think vj can play offball well so it doesn’t necessarily hurt him. But everyone is going to get less touches in general with they lineup.

SnooPies6274 | Magic

-4 | 2 hours ago

Kinda sucks for VJ and Maxey. I feel like the Sixers would’ve been in great hands with those two running the show. We’ll see what happens this season though.

Melonballs__ | Suns

11 | an hour ago

They are the ones who recruited LeBron

CurrentRoster [OP] | Wizards

8 | an hour ago

they were mostly running the show last year tbh with pg and embiid out for half the year

halfdecenttakes | 76ers

8 | an hour ago

Yeah kind of sucks to be competing for a championship instead of putting up numbers on a low end playoff team

Ok_Condition_6652

6 | an hour ago

In five years Maxey is 30 and vj is 25. By that time bron is gone, probably embiid is gone and we are hoping that Jaylen brown is still a productive player. We are still in good hands. Now and in the future

AtBat3 | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

Just Maxey and VJ as your two top guys? I love those dudes but nah.

Basic_Commercial_806

1 | an hour ago

Maxey as a lead PG would’ve made them a perennial play-in team

Complete_Crazy_4887 | Lebanon

1 | 4 minutes ago

I mean they’ll be there after LeBron is retired. VJ is probably a few years away from being a true 2nd option anyways

[Highlight] Tyrese Maxey on VJ Edgecombe’s role next season: “I was in this same kind of predicament my 2nd year when James [Harden] came to the team….as soon as James got there, him and Joel said “don’t think that this changes anything for you as far as your progression”.”