The college basketball season hadnāt even started when everybody was already talking about Cooper Flagg as the clear-cut and undisputed first-overall pick of the draft.
That didnāt change throughout the course of the season, but other players also emerged as potential superstars, with Baylorās VJ Edgecombe as one of the most notorious risers.
Thatās why people have speculated about a potential brewing rivalry between the two of them. In a recent appearance on Paul Georgeās āPodcast P,ā Edgecombe shut down that narrative.
VJ Edgecombe says heās close with Cooper Flagg
āOff the court weāre close, on the court weāre competitors,ā Edgecombe told George.
Thatās what itās all about. You have to be able to separate the battles that take place between those lines from the outside world, and thereās 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.
