VJ Edgecombe wasted no time making a statement as a potential future star in the NBA. The 76ers guard and No. 3 pick in this year's draft exploded for 34 points Wednesday night in the first game of his professional career.
He was hot to start the game, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, which the NBA says is the most in a first quarter of an NBA debut, passing Cavaliers forward LeBron James's 12 first-quarter points in his Oct. 2003 debut. Edgecombe set a Philadelphia franchise record for most points scored in an NBA debut, too. Guard Allen Iverson held that record previously with a 30-point night in his first game. According to OptaSTATS, Edgecombe's 34 points are the most by any player in his NBA debut since center Wilt Chamberlain scored 43 all the way back in 1959. It's also the first 30-point debut this century; forward Lamar Odom dropped 30 in his first game back in '99.
