{"id":483670,"date":"2026-02-14T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=483670"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:44:19","slug":"vj-edgecombe-named-mvp-of-the-rising-stars-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/vj-edgecombe-named-mvp-of-the-rising-stars-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"VJ Edgecombe named MVP of the Rising Stars Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">VJ Edgecombe was named MVP of the Rising Stars Challenge at the 2026 All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The Philadelphia 76ers player was decisive in the semifinals with a brilliant 10-point scoring burst; he then added 6 points in the final, including the clutch free throws that secured the victory for Team Vince.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Your 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CastrolUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CastrolUSA<\/a> Rising Stars MVP&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vj_edgecombe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vj_edgecombe<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ol4APWl0X4\">pic.twitter.com\/Ol4APWl0X4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2022549036717261116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VJ Edgecombe was named MVP of the Rising Stars Challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":483668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-483670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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