Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg quickly is proving to be a vital player for the Warriors, guiding the team to an NBA Summer League title and scoring 12 points on opening night. The 2026 No. 11 overall pick’s early success is drawing attention, including from NBA legend Kevin Garnett.“The kid from Michigan, I love him,” Garnett said on his KG: Certified podcast with Tony Allen and Zach Randolph. “I think he’s gonna be the first part of the rebuilding of having young pieces in there like y’all talking about and that kid actually. You can give him the ball and he can get some money, bro … he’s strong, and I don’t know if everybody understands. I think he’s a little older than everybody too.”
The Warriors have multiple aging superstars in Steph Curry and Draymond Green, and the front office needs to start thinking about the team’s future. Lendeborg could be at the very center of it.
“He’s a little more mature,” Garnett said. “He bounced around a little bit, but he’s a, he has a mature game. What they wanted with [James] Wiseman and [Jonathan]...