The 76ers now sit at 4-0 on the season, thanks in large part to the production of backcourt players Tyrese Maxey and rookie VJ Edgecombe. Maxey carried the 76ers with 39 points on Tuesday evening, and recently, Stephen A. Smith took to ESPN's “First Take” with a bold declaration about the duo moving forward.

V.J. Edgecombe believes 76ers to win NBA title if Joel Embiid remains healthy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. No one is more confident around the Philadelphia 76ers right now than V.J. Edgecombe.

Not many predicted a 4-0 start for the Philadelphia 76ers this season, even less so with Joel Embiid not being one of the main protagonists. The question now, in the minds of the Philly faithful and the NBA community as a whole,

On Tuesday evening, the Philadelphia 76ers kept their winning ways going with a narrow overtime road victory over the Washington Wizards. The 76ers found themselves trailing by ten with under three minutes ago in this one, but another Herculean effort from Tyrese Maxey eventually got the game into overtime, where Philadelphia secured the win.

Reigning NBA champion the Oklahoma City Thunder, fueled by 31 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Tuesday rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 107-101 to improve to 5-0 in the young season. The Philadelphia 76ers also remained unbeaten,

Embiid playing fewer minutes and in fewer games has led to other players picking up the workload. The No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, VJ Edgecombe, has shot out of the gate, averaging 22.3 points, including 34 in his NBA debut.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/76ers as NBA Fans Are Buying Into 76ers' Early Success After Win vs Magic. With three games in the bag, the Philadelphia 76ers have three boxes to check off in the win column.

Nikola Jokic has started the season with three consecutive triple doubles and Denver was a shot away from being 3-0. Aaron Gordon dropped 50 points in the season opener, Jamal Murray 43 in their most recent outing, and Denver has the third-ranked offensive efficiency.

Charles Barkley had some hilarious advice for 76ers star Tyrese Maxey after spotting something unusual in rookie VJ Edgecombe's apartment.