{"id":684482,"date":"2026-05-21T16:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684482\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:28:12","slug":"philadelphia-76ers-vj-edgecombe-selected-for-nbas-all-rookie-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684482\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers VJ Edgecombe selected for NBA’s All-Rookie first-team"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> VJ Edgecombe has been named to the NBA’s All-Rookie first-team.<\/p>\n

The first-round pick averaged 16 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.2 steals in his inaugural campaign.<\/p>\n

Also making first-team All-Rookie: Dallas’ Cooper Flagg, Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel; San Antonio’s Dylan Harper; and Memphis’ Cedric Coward. Harper also appeared on all 100 ballots, with 93 first-team nods and seven second-team votes.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe is the first Sixer to earn first-team All-Rookie honors since Ben Simmons<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n

\"Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Philadelphia 76ers’ Vj Edgecombe goes up for a dunk past New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson during the first half of Game 3 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series<\/p>\n

(AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)<\/p>\n

Those five players were also the only ones to get votes in the Rookie of the Year balloting, where Flagg edged Knueppel for top honors.<\/p>\n

The All-Rookie second team included New Orleans’ Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen, Utah’s Ace Bailey, Sacramento’s Maxime Reynaud and Toronto’s Collin Murray-Boyles.<\/p>\n

The NBA will announce the All-Defensive team on Friday and the All-NBA team on Sunday, with Coach of the Year set to be announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this post.<\/p>\n

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