All right. Welcome to the PHLY Sixers podcast here alongside Derek Botner, Kyle Newbeck.

I'm Devon Givens, Bree, producing the show and with us, joining us the head coach of the McNeese State Cowboys.

Also coached Vijay Edgecombe and Trey Johnson, Bill Armstrong, joining us. Coach, thanks so much

to spending some time with us. Hey, thank you guys for having me on.

I appreciate, man. Listen, Sixers take Vijay Edgecombe. That's pick number three. And how exciting was it

as you spent time on the staff with head coach Scott Drew as the assistant? First of all, just tell us

what the Philadelphia 76s are getting in the

player in Vijay Edgecombe? Ultimate competitor, you know, one of the best athletes in the world,

and he's going to compete every second that he's on the floor, an unbelievable teammate,

and he's all about winning. If he needs to score 30, he'll score 30. If he needs to dish out 10

assists or get 10 rebounds or whatever the case may be, Vijay's about winning. He's going to do

everything he can for his team to help win. Bill, I think all of us can see, you know, what the

product is on the floor, right? How hard he plays, all the different things he can do. What is it like having

Vijay in your locker room? Like, what does he bring to a team in practice at team meals

when you're traveling? Like, just what is it like to be around him as a person?

It's great positive vibes. You know, he's an authentic person.

You can kind of see that on draft night when he kind of broke down about, you know,

what it's taken for him to get here and everything that his mom did for him to help him get

here.

And all that's genuine and real.

He's, he's extremely authentic.

He's got a big smile on his face all the time. But when it's

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