VJ Edgecombe MISSES Gm 2, What to expect from Kyle Lowry in return – Locked On 76ers

VJ Edgecombe MISSES Gm 2, What to expect from Kyle Lowry in return – Locked On 76ers

Welcome in to this edition of Locked On 76ers. Keith Pompei, Mark Farzetta. We’re going to break it all down when it comes to VJ Edgecomb. Hey, welcome officially to the 76ers. You play well and then you sit with an injury. Feels like he really has been welcomed in, Keith. We’ll break that down when we return on this edition of Locked on 76ers. You are Locked on 76ers, your daily Philadelphia 76ers podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. And welcome in once again to Locked on 76ers, your first listen every day. Part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. This particular episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers can get $150 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins. Keith Pompei, beatw writer for the 76ers. Mark Varzetta here, host on the Locked on Sports Network. Keith, uh, I I sat there last night. I know we did an instant reaction short if you will, on the Locked On 76ers channel, which you should all be liking and subscribing to and all that. I described it as uh Christmas morning. You walk downstairs, no presents. That’s how disappointing I was. I didn’t get to see BJ Hitchkum try to take that step forward. What can you tell us about the injury and should we be worried about whether or not he’ll be in the lineup tonight in the Utah finale against the Grizzlies? Yeah. Um, you know, it’s one of those things where I wish I was there. You know, I’m not I didn’t make the trip to Utah this year so I could figure it out and find out what’s going on. But based off of, you know, the comments and and everything or or the information that the team is providing, you know, he does have a thumb contusion. the bruise is not considered serious. You know, they held him out because of an abundance of caution and he is listed dayto day moving forward. You know, to me, um, when you go back and you and you listen to his interview after the first game and he says, “Yeah, you know, we’re getting ready for Vegas.” And then, “Oh, oh, we got another game.” To me, it looks like this is something about just all about caution. Again, I’m not there. But when you think about it, if this was a regular season game or it was anything else, you know, he would most likely play, right? He would just most likely play. I feel like when you talk about that the 76ers are going to play at least seven games in total with the two summer leagues and he has a little bruise on his hand. Um, it’s one of those things where, you know, they’re just going to rest him for a couple days dayto day because let’s face it, nothing against the Salt Lake City summer league, but everyone wants to see him rare raring to go in Vegas, right? That’s when the league is going to be there. And I feel like that, you know, right now it’s just all about making sure he get the he gets the rest and he’s going to play in certain games, marquee games, and he’ll be ready to go for the regular season. So, you know what? Get rest right now. Play in marquee games in the Vegas summer league. possibly play tonight, but also make sure he’s going to be able to play in those marquee games because nowadays, you know, these top players, you get them in, you rest them, and you get them out, and then that’s it for summer league because it’s all about the regular season. That’s interesting you say that. In his postgame interview after he dropped 28 and uh pulled down 10 boards in his first game and only game to this point, he did misspeak and said, “Well, you know, we’re just, you know, concentrate on Vegas or whatever.” And I’m like, “What what was that?” like what? No one’s ever no one’s ever confused Utah for Vegas. So something just seemed off and and it wasn’t like a slip of the tongue or anything like that. It was like that’s where he was already focused on. So based on that, based on what you just said, when it comes to the abundance of caution, oh, and the 76ers track record of handling rookies, then he’s not playing. I don’t I do not I do not see him playing. That’s what my gut tells me on that. What does your gut tell you about whether or not he’s in the lineup tonight? The same. I’m I’m with you. You know what I mean? And if he really if he really wants to go possibly, but when we look at it, I’m having games on backto backs. Nah, he wasn’t playing. And then here’s another thing. The guy Hunter Silus, the guy that I said I really want to look forward to seeing him play and and and do a lot of different things. He played yesterday, but he didn’t play in the first game. So, you understand what I’m saying? So to me, all this is is it could be planned, right, that you know, okay, we’ll have you go out and play this game and then rest the next one. But yeah, you don’t want this guy to play on backto back games if he doesn’t have to. especially if he has like a bruise on his hand. You know, he he would love to do it, but you know, with we’re in the in the era of load management and all this other stuff and and being cautious, you the worst thing you want is for one of your top players or the third overall pick in the draft to get injured. You don’t want that. Certainly. Oh, by the way, while we’re shouting out, While we are shouting out guys that didn’t play in game one, but played in game two, Andrew Funk, Archbishop Boy was his own. Got to the game last night, nine minutes, hit a three. Not to brag, Keith. Not to brag. Yeah, I you know, it was funny. I was watching and I was thinking about you. I was like, “Yo, man, they need to put funk back in. Give him some more minutes. Give him some more minutes. Give me more funk. Funk never hurt anybody. Let’s go.” Um, in all seriousness though, it did feel like that. And the fact that we’re talking about backtobacks of the summer league just feels like the most Sixers thing ever. Uh, but when we did sit down, the the the news came across the broadcast. It was one of the first things they pointed out on ESPN was like, “Oh, by the way,” we kind of realized everybody’s here to watch VJ Edgecom maybe repeat his performance from game one or take that step forward that you and I talked about on yesterday’s show. What’s next for him? What can we expect for him next in summer league? Because even if we get the same type of game, that’s a great sign for him. Uh maybe a little bit more uh comfort in running the point for the 76ers. That’d be a nice little baby step forward for him. But I’m sitting there and I just thought my when they announced he wasn’t playing, my first thought was this is so 76er. This is so 76ers. And it reminded me a lot. Yeah. And when the game when the game started and we’re watching the first quarter, it was like you really were watching the final 25 games of last year where hey the star albeit summer league star and a rookie he ain’t playing because of an abundance of caution because of an injury and then you’re watching this team pretty much be unable to throw the ball in the ocean for the vast majority of that first half unfortunately. When you shift gears away from VJ Edgecomb and all that news, were there any takeaways you look at from last night that uh you know gave you I don’t know any any good vibes going forward? You know, a guy we talked about yesterday on and you guys got to check out our shorts because we did a postgame short. So, make sure you check that out as well. But a guy that we spoke uh talked about yesterday was um Jaylen Hood Shafina. You know, the first game he had eight assists, right? And you know um and then this game I believe he had what 19 points 17 or 19 points. So to me outside of Edgecom and Edgecom only played the one game but he was by far the best player. Jaylen Hood Shappino has been the guy who’s been helping this cause the most. Right. And if you have them you know the first game it was like he had eight assists. You know this game he had you know the points he was carrying them in the first half. Right. So to me, this is what he needs to do to to show that he could make a roster, at least make the 76ers roster on that final spot. Now, again, it’s going to be a crowded back court, but at the same time, you look at him and you say, okay, you know, do what you can, young man. So, he’s been the most uh surprising, but the most positive story outside of Edgecom coming out of uh you know, the summer league. Yeah, I was thinking of your boy Salace as well getting in the game last night. He is the I believe second cousin you said of James Harden. Is that Do I have the right guy? Let me tell you this. So this is how the deal goes. So James Harden’s mom and him his mom, excuse me, James Harden’s father and his mother are first cousins. But not only that, he’s also related to Irvin Frier. He’s related to um Roger Craig. Like if you look up his mom, his mom is the goat. Like his mom played in the WNBA. Yeah. Yeah. It was crazy. 10 years after she retired, she came back and wanted to try for the WNBA. Oh, yeah. He comes from good stock, man. He comes from, you know, great stock. Yeah. So, he got Harden. It’s like it’s about five or seven guys. Like I’m like, dang, what’s up with this family? And the funny thing is the high school that the mom um went to and the reason why I know all this because I have a really good friend who who’s from Omaha, Nebraska. He took me there. So she went to Central Omaha, right? Central Omaha was the high school that Gail Sers went to and Bob Gibson, the pitcher, right? Um Aman Green, who played for the Green Bay Packers, was a tail back. So you know, it’s like it’s this community in in Omaha. um like a historically black community is like one of the like the one that they come from, but it’s kind of like that’s where all the athletes come from. So, I’m a I’m a Omaha nerd. Forgive me, keep up with the history. And dude, I’m telling you, that was a bucket list going to that high school. I I don’t know if there’s a locked on Omaha, Keith, but I I’ll talk to our bosses and we we’ll get that going. We’ll just do the Omaha podcast. That’s that’s what we’ll lock into. Uh all right. When we come back, we just talked about some of the posit. Oh, one more name. When it comes to the positive, uh I know you mentioned this in our short, but uh Judah Mintz led the team in scoring with 21 points, also had four rebounds, seven to 12 shooting. Not so bad. Impressive. He was impressive. He second half. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Uh but when we come back, we got some Kyle Lowry news we’re obviously going to talk about. Yeah. But, uh, just as some people might say, uh, I I’m going to put just put myself into this, Keith. I’m not going to say you. I’m just going to out myself here. Uh, I may have a tendency to overreact. I am an emotional person. Speaking of the stock people come from, I come from an emotional people. Uh, but when watching this particular player yesterday, um, not so great. Not so great. And it is a little eyebrow raising considering how much the Sixers are going to need him to be better this upcoming season. We’ll talk about that when we return. This is a live taping of Locked on 76ers. We’re going to get some comments in here. Uh Jason, I see you. Three time, I see you. Phil W, I see you. We’ll get you guys involved as well as the show goes on. This is Locked On 76ers on the Locked on Sixers uh YouTube channel. Back after this. 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That’s open the FanDuel app today or visit fanuel.com to get started. That’s fuel.com. So, uh, Keith, one thing I really appreciate about the summer league is that you have to have 10 fouls to foul out of the game. Yet, we still have replay, so whatever. That’s another conversation. Uh, but 10 fouls, they figure, well, they’re not going to foul out of the game. We’ll just give them 10 fouls. Everybody gets to work. So, a Dembona in game one, eight fouls, but looked athletic, looked good other than those eight fouls. By the way, seven of them came in the second half. So maybe a little gassed and too much. I don’t know. Last night, six fouls, Keith. Six. And he looked terrible. The Sixers are really going to need him in the upcoming season. I look, I’m I’m I’m not going to lose my mind over it. I’m just saying, Keith, little concerning about a Dembo through the first two games, all the foul trouble. Yeah, I wouldn’t concern myself with it because here’s the thing. Let’s be honest. Let’s Let’s be honest. So, okay. You know, if if you were playing right and they told you they told you, “Hey, look, bro, they’re going to let you foul, get all these extra fouls, so you don’t have to worry about fouling out of the game.” And you like, “You mean to tell me I could whack somebody? I can do whatever and I’m still going to play.” Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don’t worry about it, dude. That’s why he’s fouled more. That’s why he fouled more. like because it’s kind of like to a point where okay I can gamble. I could work on things. I can do this. Now typically if he got picked up two fouls early in the game normally it’s kind of like oh man I can’t gamble anymore. I have to be I have to use my head. I have to be smart. But now it’s like I’m good until I get up to eight fouls. Once I get eight fouls then all of a sudden I got to relax a little bit. You know what I’m saying? Yeah. You know it’s Yeah. It’s like, you know, I get it. I I get it. Here’s here’s more so where it’s coming from. It’s not just the fouls. It’s the idea of having to foul or feeling like you need to foul. And he’s Look, I Ad Demona to me is an NBA player. I know it’s one year, but I thought it was a good year for a second round pick. Something certainly to build on. The problem for me is he’s going up against that guy last night, uh, Sissoko, who is not an NBA player. He’s a big body. He could be a bully. He’s definitely a a power, you know, on the blocks, but he’s going up against a guy like that that he could absolutely out uh out athletic and to see a six foul game and also that guy at times take him to task and also keep him very much under wraps last night, that’s more to me where I’m like, okay, look, if you’re a center and you’re playing in the NBA, you’re a backup center, you’d love to be on the 76ers right now because you know Joel Embiid is not playing that much. So for for me that’s more so what I focus on than just the fouls like the idea of the foul or the idea of needing to foul and then I thought throughout the night just basically being outplayed. Yeah. I mean you know what I I honestly feel like it’s a bad it was just you know sometimes you get a bad matchup. I mean when we look at him you know we got to be honest you know he’s an undersized guy. you know, this this guy, as big as he was, they had some solid they had some like big dudes out there who were also pretty good defenders, right? So, um you know, I I I just I I’m I’m not I’m not really concerned with that. Like the thing that really and I’m not going to say it’s super duper concerning to me, but Justin Edwards, you know what I mean? Like I’m sitting here and I’m watching him and I’m looking at my man shoot 33.3% from the field, right? I mean, I know he’s averaging 12 points. Um, you know, he’s averaging 4.5 rebounds, three assists, but he’s also averaging four turnovers to go with just one steel, right? So, you know, to me again, you try not to put too much stock into summer league and then but you after a guy has a poor performance the first game, you want to see how he bounces back and he didn’t really bounce back well at all and he’s only shooting 33%. And you know that he’s supposed to be the leader of this team, right? of all the guys there, he had more action than anybody with the with the 76ers last year. I mean, we could talk about a Dembona, but a Dembona really start playing when the team start tanking. Yeah. But Justin Edwards was in the rotation, you know, when they were still trying to win. So, yeah, you know, to me, you know, he’s he’s averaging 30 minutes a game, which is a lot, right? He’s playing more than most players and he’s only shooting 33.3%. So to me, that’s a little concern more so than a Dembona hacking up everyone and being out of position and and doing all this other stuff. So I’ll put it to you like this. You want to see the guys that you know are going to be NBA players look like NBA players against guys that are just trying to become NBA players. That’s that’s kind of how I look at it. Other than that, Keith, I think, you know, we gotta, while we’re on it, VJ Edgecom, obviously injury-prone, so it’s not gonna work out here. Uh, a Demona probably should get cut and Justin Edwards, they should resend the contract based on these two summer league games. That’s where we’re going with this. In case people didn’t pick up on my sarcasm, I was trying to lay it on pretty thick. Yeah, you were. So then last year, you probably said, uh, Jared McCain is trash. Like, get him out of here. He But you know what? I’m I’mma say this about Jared McCain though. I I’m gonna be real with you. So last year when when we were talking to him I was talking to him. I asked him something and he was like yeah you know I’m having a tough time adjusting to the NBA three-pointer. Like what? So he’s like yeah you know I got to get used to it. So, I’m saying to myself, like, bro, like if you’re having a hard time adjusting to that, it’s gonna be a long year. Because the reason being is because typically, you know, kids who aspire to be in the NBA, at least the sharpshooters, you know, they’re always jacking from everywhere. And this guy came out and said that, and I’m like, oh, uhoh, uhoh. But then once the regular season hit, he’s like, but yeah, when he said that last summer, I was like, this could be a long year. And unfortunately, it was a very short year for Jared McCain for another reason. Uh, there was one comment I wanted to get in here. Uh, it was great. It was go along with what you were saying. Oh, man. It Oh, here we go. Uh, Matub Mat Matum. Uh, sorry. Uh, Keith makes perfect sense. Foul, baby. Foul. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, look. I mean, could you see? Look, they lucky I’m not out there, but see, I wouldn’t be out there because especially if we were playing the Utah Jazz again. We got to play them again. They talking all that crap. Yo, somebody would be level at least two times, right? You can take the kid out of Frankfurt. You can’t take the Frankfurt out of the kid. Uh, one more. Uh, here we go. Three times says, “I agree. Keith Edwards should be better. There we go. We’re not losing our minds. All we’re saying is I’ll be better than this. Uh Clarence is saying not running plays and they testing him out at the guard a little more. Uh I think that’s it. Edwards being a little bit more but still the thing is I get it. I understand that Clarence and but but my thing is you know and again we we put a lot of stock in summer league. Um, and sometimes you shouldn’t because you’re right, they’re not running plays and I get the altitude thing, but I just would like to see more aggressiveness, more production on the offensive end. Like, he is the guy. DJ Edgecomb is a number three pick, but he’s the one who has the most experience and he should be dominating some of these dudes because these games are essentially GLeague games with overseas with some overseas players, right? So, that’s all I’m saying. I like to just see a little bit more production. That’s it. Fair enough. Turtle Tunes is saying, “Hey, just saying good morning. What’s up?” And Philly Dog 2024, why are we take talking load management with a 19-year-old? Why playing him at the park? You jam your thumb, you shake it off. Sprain your ankle, you walk it off. Play the next game, shake my head, Keith. Abundance of caution. Not from my man Philly Dog, unfortunately. Yeah. Like, hey, I’m with you, Philly Dog. I am. But but but nowadays, you know, it’s a different animal, man. It’s different. Like, I mean, back in the day, we would get laughed at like, “What you mean, bro? You can’t play?” Oh, he’s soft. No, I’m not soft. I’m not soft. Let me play. Let me play. And I’m talking about you doing that to like with a messed up really sprained very extremely bad sprained ankle. You taping it up and you playing hobbling up and down the court. Now they look at these guys as investments and they don’t want anything to to go south. I mean go left. So with that being said, you know, they’re just going to be cautious. I honestly think that and it could be something like again I’m not there but it’s one of those things when you look at it. They have an amount of games that they want this guy to play, right? If he goes out, he plays well. Let’s do this. Let’s rest him a little bit. He’s going to show we’re going to showcase him in the NBA um summer league in Vegas. That’s what the league really wants him to shine in. They want him to be the man. So, with that being said, you know, I’m I’m not for it, but I understand the load management. I do. I do. I got you. I got you. All right. Hey, uh, one more guy we got to talk about. We haven’t mentioned him yet, but a guy you’ve talked about a lot. Kyle Lowry back in the fold for a 20th season. We’ll break that down when we return. This is Locked on 76ers. And just like that, we’re back. 20 season for Cardinal Doerty’s own Kyle Lowry will be coming back. He will turn 40 in March. Did not play a lot last year. also one of the Sixers that was injured, but also known as one of the great leaders on the team and all that. Keith, I know you’ve been talking about this when it comes to mentorship, especially for another young guard and BJ Edgecom. What What are the realistic expectations when it comes to a 39year-old Kyle Lowry after a disappointing 19th season in the NBA? What are the realistic expectations for him as a Sixer going forward? You know, like my man uh three time just said, I think Lowry is really getting paid to coach. That’s the expectation. I mean, like, you know, I mean, you give them you give them some opportunities to play in certain games, but like we’ve been talking about this for since you’ve been on this podcast, what, for like a month now? Yeah. A little over. Lowry is here to be a coach. Like he’s here to basically develop the young guys. He’s there to be a coach in the locker room. Now again, he’s making $3 million, right, with the veteran minimum. You could say, well, if you want to make him a coach, then hire him on the staff. Well, he’s not going to make a million dollars as a coach. So, basically, this is the tradeoff. And then also, you have him there in the huddle, in the locker room, doing everything that he can. That’s what it is. So, and I get it. People are saying to themselves like, “But this is a roster spot that they’re that they’re using. Why can’t you get a younger guy for that?” Well, the 15th man on the roster spot is not going to play. He’s not going to play at all. Right? So, this is why you got Kyle Lowry for that spot. And what what his realistic expectation is when Tyrese Maxi comes out of the game, Tyrese Maxi is gonna sit next to Kyle Lowry and Kyle’s going to go over the game, what he did right and wrong. The same thing for VJ Ecomb, the same thing for um for uh Jared McCain. And and so that’s what it is. He’s gonna be that guy. I mean, we saw it with um, you know, I I keep saying we saw it with the Miami Heat, you know, a couple years ago um with Yadonis Hasslin, you know, you saw it with with with the uh Indiana Pacers, um, with with James Johnson, right? Um, so this is what’s happening nowadays in the NBA. you get these older players and especially Kyle. We’re talking about a six-time all-star, a NBA champion, an Olympic gold medalist. You know, he’s going to give his wisdom to the guys and and I get it. Everyone’s concerned about the roster spot, but that’s what they’re doing nowadays. I can understand the frustration in doing it. And I look, I love the idea of Kyle Lowry still being on this team, the whole Philadelphia thing. It’s a great story and all that, but I think when people look at the guard spot, it’s very similar than to what it was last year in terms of Eric Gordon is back. Now Kyle Lowry is back. Both of them are another year older. It didn’t work out last year. Why are they repeating this? And then you also compound it with you have all these guards still after signing Eric Gordon again and they’re still looking at Gershon Yabis like hold on a second you still need another power forward that could shoot from the outside and you’re relying on some younger guys to try to do that or some other guys like Watford for instance trying to revitalize their careers a little bit. I could understand why a $3 million coach kind of hits the ear wrong for a lot of 76ers fans. Do you do you understand that frustration coming from a lot of fans? Yeah, I understand it. I understand it completely. Especially when fans are looking at the 76ers and saying, “Dang, man, you guys could have signed Yaboo.” Now, I’m pretty sure Yaboo wanted more than the minimum. And I’m pretty sure that’s what they offered Yaboo because that’s what they offered Brendan Waford. But but I Yes, I understand that. I do. But I also understand where the 76ers are coming from. Um because the reason why I’m saying that is because I’ve been in the locker room and I’ and I’ve seen with my own eyes how important Kyle Lowry is to the locker room. You know, I’ve been on the road and I saw and I’ve seen how um you know, Tyrese Maxi, you know, comes down and sit next to him or even when the team was tanking how, you know, Kyle could have easily said, “You know what y’all? I’m done. Like my season is over with. I’m I’m just going to go and hang out with the family, right? But no, what he did was he was there and the whole time he was coaching up the young guys. So to me, that’s is vital and that’s the way the NBA is going. See, another thing we got to realize is you have more players now than you did in the past. So you have 15 regular players and then you have three um two-way players. You got 18 dudes on the roster now. So, with that being said, you know, you’re you’re you’re looking at Kyle as hey, we’re not going to play all these guys, so we need you to be to be the roster guy. I mean, to be the coach. Now, here’s a question, though, too. Name me, and I get it. Kyle is about to be 40. This is his 20th NBA season. Name me a pure point guard on a team that’s better than him at this particular time. Totally. That’s the diff and that’s the deficiency that they have. So, it’s kind of like, okay, this we don’t have a point guard, a real point guard. So, we don’t have one that’s better than him even at his age. So, we need somebody that’s going to help him that help these guys. And who knows, they may insert them in certain games. You never know. But at the same time, the bigger problem to me is the fact that they don’t have a true point guard on this roster. And that’s part of the reason why they looked so horrible yesterday in summer league because they had no one who can get them in their sets. No one who can help Justin Edwards get easier shots, you know. So that’s what they need. That’s what they need. Uh also, uh some breaking news here on along the same lines as Kyle Lowry getting signed. The Sixers just signed Michael Cage. Uh he’s going to be a a coach for Joel Embiid, showing him how to move for limited mobility. also veteran. Does he still have a Jerry Curl, though? He still Oh, he still got the Jerry Oh, it’s Oh, he still got it, man. It’s flowing, brother. It’s flowing. He’s one of my favorite alltime random 76ers. Anyway, and that was And that was random, too, wasn’t it? You’re welcome. Uh, folks, uh, let me see. Uh, [Music] there we go. And, and I agree with this. Matuma is saying, “Thanks for explaining the point guard Keith.” uh consider consider concerning Kyle Lowry. Uh food for thought. I I agree with that. I absolutely agree with that. Um oh wow, how about this? Wait, we got a someone another Michael Cage reference. Cage’s final game, January 17, 2000, a 96 and 101 loss to the 76ers. There we go. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. I I’ve been I’ve been out Michael Caged, my friend. I’ve been out Michael Caged. How about that? Uh Keith, we’ll be back at it tomorrow uh as well for another edition of Locked On 76ers. So, we look forward to that. We will see. Now, Keith and I both said we do not expect BJ Edge to come to play in tonight’s game. So, here’s hoping we’re both wrong. Here’s hoping we’re both wrong. Yo, I was a little disappointed, though, because I was like, “Okay, I’mma get to see my man play. Like, I want to see him play.” And then all of a sudden, you’re like, “Really, dude?” And then you’re watching the game and you’re like, “This is why I hate summer league basketball.” I mean, horrible. It It was It was absolutely terri I’ve seen more chemistry with guys that just met each other for a pickup game at the park. It that it it was awful. Yes, exactly. Uh thanks everybody in the chat for participating in the show. We appreciate that. Make sure you guys like and subscribe on Locked On 76ers. He’s he’s Keith Pompei. Make sure you guys are reading all the stuff on inquire.com. I’m Mark Farzett. I’ll be back with you guys later today for Locked on Eagle Squad podcast at noon. And then locked on Phillies postcast following the Phillies playing game two against Robbie Ray uh and the San Francisco Giants tonight 9:45 start time. And oh boy, Taiwan Walker playing or pitching I should say sort of. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. Like and subscribe. Have a great rest of your day everybody. Mark Farzetta, Keith Pompei. We’ll catch you guys later on. Bye.

Keith and Marc react to VJ Edgecombe sitting out summer league game two as well as Kyle Lowry resigning with the 76ers for his 20th NBA Season!

The show also breaks down the VJ-less summer league matchup with the Thunders, including three players who stood out in a positive way and two players that DID NOT play up to their talent level.

Segment 1: What is the thumb injury to VJ Edgecombe and how serious is it?

Segment 2: Two players who need to step it up in Summer League

Segment 3: Kyle Lowry expectations in year 20

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