The college basketball season hadnât even started when everybody was already talking about Cooper Flagg as the clear-cut and undisputed first-overall pick of the draft.
That didnât change throughout the course of the season, but other players also emerged as potential superstars, with Baylorâs VJ Edgecombe as one of the most notorious risers.
Thatâs why people have speculated about a potential brewing rivalry between the two of them. In a recent appearance on Paul Georgeâs âPodcast P,â Edgecombe shut down that narrative.
VJ Edgecombe says heâs close with Cooper Flagg
âOff the court weâre close, on the court weâre competitors,â Edgecombe told George.
Thatâs what itâs all about. You have to be able to separate the battles that take place between those lines from the outside world, and thereâs plenty of room for both of them to grow.
Edgecombe also has everything he needs to have a long and successful career in the pros, and while he will most likely always be compared to Flagg, we can just enjoy both of their games.
