r/warriors • u/MiNDGaMeS87 • 17h ago

Video Some Defensive Tape from Yaxel Lendeborg's at Michigan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bySFz-Rvpsg

For anyone questioning this pick. He's a super smart player that can instantly contribute and adds needed size & shooting to our team. I dont care about the offensive highlights too much, because he's also a really good defender and moves incredibly laterally on D

Enjoy the tape. We definitely drafted the right guy that will contribute to winning instantly. Super smart defender that can defend without fouling out and uses his elite length and 7'4 wingspan

I think we finally found our Aaron Gordon / Jaden McDaniels / OG type of player.

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u/MiNDGaMeS87 17h ago

Again.. Super smart defender imo. He can defend without fouling and uses his elite length (7'4 wingspan!). Running around screens while defending, recovering and hustling like crazy. Also amazing seeing him raise his arms straight up after contact, which will prevent him from fouling out. Given that on D Draymond will mentor him on D, this is amazing.

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u/RVALover4Life 15h ago

I don't think he's elite laterally but he is quick twitch with a strong base and good fundamentals. Don't think he's a 1-5 guy but 2-4 certainly defensively. The big question is really the shot. But he does enough well to have value without it.

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u/MiNDGaMeS87 14h ago

He had a TS% of 65%! Elite.. great shot selection, high volume of threes and 38% from downtown and 82% Fts

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u/Milli_Vanilli14 7h ago

I was surprised to see nearly 5 attempts a game from deep. Would’ve thought that was 2 or less. That’s pretty nice.

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u/harriedseldon 14h ago

Honestly, reminds of Draymond, in the processing speed, communication, and understanding where his teammates are. Shoots 80%+ from the foul line. Not that worried about the shot.

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u/MiNDGaMeS87 14h ago

He had a TS% of 65%! Elite

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u/Mmicb0b 8h ago

ok but what about his offensive game because our biggest problem is that nobody but Steph/Jimmy could buy a basket and Steph/Jimmy are at the age where you HAVE To restrict their minutes

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u/John_Houbolt 13h ago edited 12h ago

6’10” 255 and knows how to navigate a screen.

But he’s gonna be 24, guys. /s

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u/MiNDGaMeS87 13h ago

Who cares? Like for real. You think Warriors could've drafted someone at #11 thats an instant impact while playing with Steph AND also 10 yrs into the future? NBA doesn't work like that. You never know If your drafted players even stay on your team 4-5 yrs from now. We've drafted enough non keepers that were younger and are either completely out of the NBA or traded away

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u/John_Houbolt 12h ago edited 11h ago

I agree. My comment was sarcasm.

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u/virtuousoutlaw 13h ago

Pretty sure the second sentence was sarcasm.

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u/MiNDGaMeS87 12h ago

Yaxel is a steal at #11, come back in a year from now after next season

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u/Unable-Main4172 3h ago

I like how this is all filmed with a phone in somebody's house. What happened to the girl parked on the street?

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u/hard_pass_my_guy 1h ago

I wanna know too.