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Which veterans gave you the most guidance? VJ Edgecombe: Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon before he got traded, PG, those three. They were the vets on the team. I ask a ton of questions. I'm the person who asks a ton of questions, 'cause I just wanna get better as a player and as a person. When it comes to financials or off the court or just buying stuff, housing, on the court, how to keep my body right. Like, what do you do? Like, what's your routine? Like, how do you find your routines? Just stuff like that. So I would say those three help me a lot.
As much as the idea of Thunder splurging for Giannis to counter Wemby might make sense on paper, league sources with knowledge of the Thunder's thinking continue to dismiss them as a legitimate Giannis Antetokounmpo suitor. The Thunder obviously have the draft capital and an abundance of talented young players to get Milwaukee's attention, but it's wise in times like these to consider Sam Presti's history. Presti is hardly known for paying exorbitant trade costs to bolster his roster ... let alone for an older newcomer like Antetokounmpo would be at 31. You'll recall that Paul George was 27 — smack dab in the middle of his prime — when the Thunder acquired PG-13 from the Pacers without even sacrificing a draft pick in a swap that sent Domantas Sabonis and Victor Oladipo to Indiana.
In a perfect scenario, the 76ers' front office begins to gauge the trade market on Embiid and George while building a roster centered around Maxey and Edgecombe. But unless Philadelphia is willing to include draft capital, moving off the $300 million in owed salary is difficult. Looking at trades for the 76ers' star veterans would counter what president of basketball operations Daryl Morey stressed at the February trade deadline. "We have some as-close-to-untouchable players as you might have in this league in Tyrese and Joel and VJ, Paul. We like our core," Morey said.
Derek Bodner: Paul George was asked what he's focusing on this summer. "Figuring out if I can get that explosiveness back. It limited me a lot this year. My entire career [was] the jump shot kinda being the jab...I just felt like that [explosiveness] wasn't there this year."
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Knicks Videos: "We know that (Maxey's) going to be ultra-aggressive. He's more than a capable passer. Paul George is going to be aggressive. Edgecombe is going to be aggressive" Mike Brown talks about the trickle-down effect of the 76ers missing Joel Embiid tonight:
"We know that (Maxey's) going to be ultra-aggressive. He's more than a capable passer. Paul George is going to be aggressive. Edgecombe is going to be aggressive"
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) May 6, 2026
Mike Brown talks about the trickle-down effect of the 76ers missing Joel Embiid tonight: pic.twitter.com/4Gj0iaIgo8
Jaylen Brown: “You know how many players do that? That is such the common basketball play. Every player does it. So why are you targeting me? It clearly had an agenda. Maybe because I had spoken, I was critical of the refs in the regular season. So, you know, how they responded: like, ‘We’re going to call every—we’re going to—you’re going to lead the playoffs in offensive fouls.’ That was the response from the officiating crew. You could clearly tell. And I actually spoke to some refs, and they said it was an agenda going into each game. So, anytime Jaylen brings his arm up, just from reputation, just call it. Paul George does the same thing. Jalen Brunson does the same thing. I can go down the list.”
Austin Krell: Joel Embiid is PROBABLE for Game 1 against the Knicks with a right hip contusion. Paul George is not on the injury report. Setting up a likely full-strength Game 1 on both sides of NYK/PHI.
Noah Levick: Nick Nurse: Paul George woke up this morning “not feeling well.” “We’re expecting him to give it a shot.”
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"Once [George] came back from his 25 games, he had a mission and I think he's accomplishing that mission. He's been really good. We appreciate him and we appreciate his sacrifice. But he's done a great job," Maxey said after Game 6. George has not put up the apex scoring numbers he did when he was a young wing in Indiana, an MVP candidate in Oklahoma City and half the foundation in Los Angeles. But he has redeemed a miserable first season in Philadelphia with what he's been able to do this season and series. Nurse has raved about his defense. George's shot-creation and dead-eye shooting have been critical to keeping Philadelphia's offense oiled.
"It came down to now me being able to, like, off days, spend extra minutes putting up shots and working on my game and my craft. Before the suspension, I was kind of saving myself for games because of the soreness and I wanted to be as fresh as possible going into the games. Any little thing I felt was extra outside of practice would've carried over into a game where I'm not feeling my best. So it was a ton of rehab that was involved with that," George said of what it's taken to build up to this moment in his Sixers tenure.
VJ Edgecombe recognizes that he has probably become “annoying” to Paul George and Kelly Oubre Jr. But the 76ers’ rookie guard will continue peppering his veteran teammates with “nonstop” questions throughout their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. “I just go there talking to them about any little thing I see,” Edgecombe said following Thursday’s practice. “Is this how it’s supposed to be? Is this how it’s not supposed to be? “They’re probably annoyed, but I don’t care. I’m going to keep asking.”
