VJ Edgecombe regular season observation: The brightest rookie in the opening week

The No. 2 position is the position with the deepest reserves in Philadelphia, which is in sharp contrast to the barren No. 4 position. Even if McCain is injured, there will be competition from Grimes in the same position, but VJ has started all the past three games, averaging 40.3 minutes per game, and (at least at this stage) seems to have secured his position in the core rotation. In a horizontal comparison with this year's rookies, VJ is obviously the most dazzling rookie so far. So we continue to observe the regular season G3 score of 26+7.

was caught and rolled behind by Bain. Fortunately, Bona was there to help "wipe the butt" inside. After grabbing the rebound, he promoted the transition. Facing Suggs who committed an offensive foul, he adjusted his steps before taking off. He took off sideways near the free throw line to avoid too much contact, stayed in the air, and scored with a basket. It was very elegant.

initiated the "Spanish Pick-and-Roll" (Stack) hand-to-hand. During the move, he looked back to observe the situation of the pursuer, Zhuangshen and the weak side, and then connected with the second acceleration, creating a change of rhythm. The quality of Maxi's back screen was quite solid, which prevented Carter from retreating to protect the frame, forcing Bain to switch defenses to assume the responsibility of protecting the frame. VJ scored a European step layup.

The weak side received the ball and hit Banqueiro in a misplaced position with 6 seconds left: he pretended to break through and forced Banqueiro to retreat, quickly connected with the crotch and pulled back, completed the "footstep reset" while combining the ball, and shot with the ball.

After receiving Bona's "Flip", he used a double screen. Carter retreated and Blake switched defenses, but no chance was created. "Baifu" connected with a turn over and made a fadeaway jumper.

After holding the ball through half the court, Zhuang Shen immediately set a "Drag screen" for him. After a small pause during the pick-and-roll, VJ continued to accelerate twice, and the throw ended.

and Walker were about to switch to Banqueiro in the pick-and-roll. The "hesitant step" was connected and changed direction to start a breakthrough from the right. His teammates blocked the breakthrough route, so he moved to the right side of the court to distance himself from the defender, and then made a throw.

The cross step under the crotch pretended to start a breakthrough from the right, but the actual "Crossover" changed to the left. After the confrontation, Silva was not able to create much space to shoot, and hit a high throw from behind.

After switching offense to get the ball on the floor, it attracted the attention of the two defenders, and sent a ball-leading alley-oop to Zhuang Shen, who had no one to take care of.

Zhuang Shen caught Suggs with a solid screen, and VJ made an emergency stop mid-range shot during the pick-and-roll and retreated.

On the defensive end, VJ still showed a certain awareness of assisting defense, especially as a backcourt player who also has the awareness to protect the basket. For the 76ers who lack a sufficient level at the 4th position, this is obviously good news.

For example, this big blood cap given to Banqueiro was amazing during the retreat.

The Magic asked Val to perform "Al Rip", perform "Iverson Cut" and then cut directly to the basket. Oubre was escaped from continuous off-ball screens. At this time, VJ, who was the LowMan of the weak side corner, realized and actively tried to recover the recovery, although he was unsuccessful.

The Magic launched the "Angle Pop", and VJ was brought to the weak side with the 45-cut Silva. Silva first pretended to follow the inherent tactical link to lift and receive Bitadze's handoff, but in fact ran back and cut to the basket. VJ made an interception pass from the diagonal to avoid being penetrated under the basket. VJ got 6 steals in the past 3 games, temporarily extending his college average of 2.1 steals per game to the NBA.

At the same time, some problems were exposed:

For example, in this round, when VJ realized that Bain was going to start without the ball, the pressure on the opponent without the ball was obviously insufficient.

You can look at how Dunn handled it when he realized that the opponent player was going to initiate tactics without the ball.

Of course, VJ's situation improved in this round in the same game.

For example, in this round, Bain set up a "ghost screen" for Banqueiro. VJ stepped forward and was tricked by Banqueiro passing the ball from behind.

The handling of cover in some rounds also seemed a bit jerky.

Size will also be a factor that limits his defensive flexibility to a large extent.

Even in this round, VJ has absorbed the confrontation as much as possible and at the same time, he straightened his body and raised his hands to expand the interference area.