Nurse wants more from rookie Edgecombe after 34-point debut

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Nick Nurse says 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe can improve, despite having the NBA's highest-scoring debut since Wilt Chamberlain

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00:00I think, again, there's certainly a great start, but you just know there's like tons of room, different things he needs to do.

00:10I'd like him to be a little more aggressive in the open floor.

00:13I think he's really got that in his game.

00:16I think he can take it to some spots inside the three-point line and vault up and score.

00:21Probably saw a couple of those that he missed, things like that.

00:24But that's an amazing first-game performance.

00:28It really is.

00:28He has a good motor, right?

00:30He played a ton of minutes.

00:32That helps.

00:33We certainly needed the offense, right?

00:36And he certainly just looked pretty comfortable out there.

00:39Again, I think that's probably one thing I've noticed the most about him is he seems to really know what's going on out there for a young player.

00:48I think that's probably one thing I've noticed.

00:49I think that's the hardest thing I've noticed.

00:50I think that's probably one thing I've noticed.

00:50I think that's all I've noticed.

00:52I know there's a role in the character that I've noticed.

00:54I think it's a little bit more.

00:55But that's a little bit more.

00:57I don't know.

00:58When we're in the character, you always have to have an eye for an eye.

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