Sixers' VJ Edgecombe talks viral wink, gives update after Game 2 fall
Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe discusses his viral wink while also giving an update after the fall he took in Game 2.
CAMDEN, N. J. -- Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe was quite the story in Tuesday's Game 2 win over the Boston Celtics.
He had 30 points and 10 rebounds as he became the first rookie to have those numbers in a playoff game since Tim Duncan in 1998 and he did so while dealing with some pain in his back after he took a hard fall in the first quarter that required a trip to the locker room on two separate occasions. Oh, and he also went viral for winking into what looked like the camera towards the end of a phenomenal performance. "Nah, I was looking at my teammate, and he was just in the line of the camera," Edgecombe laughed at practice on Thursday.
"I think it was either KO (Kelly Oubre Jr. ) or PG (Paul George). I think Tyrese (Maxey) was back already.
So, KO or PG. That’s what I was looking at when I did that. " Edgecombe claims he didn't even know that he was going viral for a simple wink.