VJ Edgecombe was waiting for years to get his chance in the NBA, a chance to change his life and the lives of his family. He got that chance and has immediately blown even the loftiest expectations of how he'd look out of the water. Through one month of the NBA season, he's pretty much been the dictionary definition of making the most of a chance when it's given.
Edgecombe hasn't been shy talking about his upbringing, and now he is playing like a guy who understands how quickly NBA careers can come undone, and a guy who has no interest in letting that happen to him.