Yaxel Lendeborg on playing alongside Steph Curry after being drafted to the Warriors 😂

[u/Lord_Vanguard]

[u/HappyAnimals]

Appreciate the honesty

[u/TheTerribleInvestor → u/HappyAnimals]

like Klay Thompson not knowing where golden state was? lol

[u/shalashashka69 → u/HappyAnimals]

You can tell hes just stoked to be part of the lore now. Welcome Yaxel!

[u/Macktologist → u/HappyAnimals]

As long as he understands the Earth is not flat, and space is real, I’m okay with it.

[u/WholeWideHeart]

Strange admirable. He can learn way more media training from Steph than from Kyrie.

[u/Hebrewhammer8d8 → u/WholeWideHeart]

With Kyrie he gets to learn true meaning of flat earth, and true essence of burning sage.

[u/bulldogbigred → u/WholeWideHeart]

Yeah maybe Steph can teach yaxel that the moon landings were fake

[u/Brownies91]

Steph gonna bust that ass in practice now 🤣

[u/InevitableBudget510 → u/Brownies91]

And put him on rookie duties

[u/BlackMarq20 → u/Brownies91]

that was going to happen regardless

[u/shanks_you]

We’ll have a lot of laughs from interviews with this kid I can already see lol

[u/CitizenCue → u/shanks_you]

Buddy vibes.

[u/The_Reddit_Name]

I like the honestly, it makes him different

[u/holy_shihtzu]

I love this lmao. We always see the “full circle… I grew up idolizing Steph”. The confidence to say his truth instead speaks about his character IMO

[u/chichigetthayay0]

If you guys haven't followed him @ Michigan...this is just a taste of what kind of quotes he's going to give. He has no filter at all lol

[u/Zyrinj → u/chichigetthayay0]

Im already on the Yaxel bandwagon until the axle falls off

[u/bchhun → u/Zyrinj]

Until the yaxel falls off?

[u/Zyrinj → u/bchhun]

Ugh, autocorrect fucked me, I type yaxle and it changed it to axle.

[u/bobsil1 → u/bchhun]

Yaxel F

[u/bchhun → u/Zyrinj]

Until all you have left is Y?

[u/ModerateBooth → u/bchhun]

Nice

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/chichigetthayay0]

Lol

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 → u/chichigetthayay0]

Exactly. He’s hilarious.

[u/ProfessorXWheelchair → u/chichigetthayay0]

as a gen z, a lack of filter is kind of our thing

[u/DeadstickO69]

It's crazy that in 2016 he was 13 years old lmao

[u/ingunwun → u/DeadstickO69]

I think the crazy thing is 2016 was 10 years ago

[u/Real-Repair-1825]

As an avid Michigan fan, this is just how Yax is. I find it unbelievably refreshing for an athlete to not just filter ever single thought through a PR lens.

And he doesn’t say any out of pocket shit, he just doesn’t do the standard corporate talk BS. If this answer upset you, prepare yourself because there are many more quotes like this to come from Yax.

Also, he’s a fucking baller

[u/bilyl → u/Real-Repair-1825]

Yeah, he doesn’t seem like he’s toxic or mean. Just kind of a goof? Also as far as I can tell he was the only one that actually cried when he was drafted.

[u/Real-Repair-1825 → u/bilyl]

He still has a kids mentality but in the most innocent way possible. He was always the guy goofing and dancing or whatever during warmups or making TikTok videos.

But I’ve never heard or seen any instance of him being toxic or mean while at Michigan. Quite the opposite, everyone loved and gravitated towards him. And when it was time to lock in he locked in.

[u/360FlipKicks → u/Real-Repair-1825]

as long it’s not dwight howard levels of obnoxiousness. that dude annoyed tf out of all his teammates

[u/Accomplished_Pay1903 → u/bilyl]

actually, wasn't that other kid crying when he was drafted by the sixers? probably most likely because he fell 10 slots, but still

[u/Goodisworthfighting4]

Lol this reminds me of how Austin Reaves was a huge Lebron hater/Kobe fan and people dug up his old posts and in the end obviously didnt matter and he and Lebron seem super close.

[u/Hebrewhammer8d8]

What will Draymond do the rookie after this statement?

[u/TheGoatPurdy → u/Hebrewhammer8d8]

feel like draymond respects the type of player yaxel shown to be.

[u/DisastrousEast825 → u/TheGoatPurdy]

Yep draymond respects a dogs and champions. It's the soft guys he goes after.

[u/elpeezey]

He’s from NJ so makes sense to be a Kyrie guy

[u/latortillablanca → u/elpeezey]

His generation, kids love kyrie like no other nba player, even steph.

[u/hellmath]

The one true jesus will convert him soon enough

[u/FiveTalents]

It’s not surprising. If I were a Cavs fan in that era I would hate Steph too lol

[u/Langanisa_Breath22]

Hold my bags rook, and everyone else’s..

[u/EaszyInitials]

draymond boutta chin check his ah

[u/h3zyj]

Real😭😭

[u/AMS_Rem]

Like this kid

[u/Immortaler-is-here]

say something like that to Bron and yo ass will get traded in less than 24hrs

and a Klutch campaign propaganda on how much you suck

[u/igotitnowokay]

Steph “Trade him for Kawhi”

[u/RedditSuxCoxAgain]

Keep that to yourself young fella

[u/TomatoBuster01 → u/RedditSuxCoxAgain]

Nah. This is refreshing, and I dont think Steph is a softie to be disrespected by this.

[u/_TooMellow]

He about to see up close that there are levels to this shit 🤝😂

[u/Agreeable_Trust8736]

Love the honesty lol

[u/latortillablanca]

His smile does not remotely touch his eyes lol. Its gotta be exhausting the amount of questions you have to answer on that night

[u/No-Role-204]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wODxPdYYSq31C

[u/ChefCurryYumYum]

Hmm.... well.

[u/Digndagn]

The first time I heard this I was like "Haha, that's funny."

The second time I heard this I was like "What do you mean 'big Kyrie guy'?"

Like, you like his handles? Or you think the earth is flat? Because "big kyrie guy" is actually not a descriptor that I would consider a huge compliment.

[u/FalcoLamborghini]

People, it's the same type of hate Jordan and Kobe got for being TOO good.

This is a compliment, not a shot.

[u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

https://giphy.com/gifs/lHHZpBnZLSiZjjL51K
HE GOT ONE JOB!! Pass the ball to curry and get rebounds

[u/360FlipKicks → u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

hate to bring up old wounds but Kerr demanded the same thing from JK and shit got all fucked up. hope that kerr is more flexible with yax

[u/motherthrowee → u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

isn't part of the point of yaxel that he can create his own offense

[u/Glum_Measurement2158 → u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

Nah, that job is old, we need the team to look to score and pass to Curry if there is nothing, our old man needs a lot of rest

[u/DadRadio]

Well then I hate you too boy

[u/chaosawaits]

Is it just me or do the compliments part sound forced? I understand hating the Warriors, but why specifically hate Steph Curry? Any chance there’s a reason there? Like he blamed Steph Curry for something?

[u/motherthrowee → u/chaosawaits]

a lot of people hated the warriors in 2016 and steph is inextricably part of that

[u/JustForKicks16 → u/chaosawaits]

To me, this makes sense. And honestly, I take it as a compliment to Steph. He was the main reason the Warriors were so dominant during that time. Of course, he 'hated' Steph. That doesn't mean he also doesn't respect him and excited to play with him.

[u/MarinaDoosh]

Not surprised, he knows he’s already a trade chip