{"id":891662,"date":"2026-10-23T06:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891662\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:28:40","slug":"rookie-lendeborg-jaws-at-weak-ass-doncic-and-admits-he-didnt-watch-much-nba-golden-state-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891662\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Lendeborg jaws at \u2018weak ass\u2019 Don\u010di\u0107 and admits he didn\u2019t watch much NBA | Golden State Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg had an extraordinary NBA debut as he jawed with Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and admitted he had largely been exposed to the league through highlights before turning professional.<\/p>\n

Lendeborg was given the task of guarding the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star for large parts of Wednesday\u2019s game, which Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s team won 127-105.<\/p>\n

However, Lendeborg said he \u201clost all respect\u201d for Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s quest for foul calls during the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of respect for him [because] I didn\u2019t really watch the NBA<\/a> much,\u201d Lendeborg said. \u201cI just watched highlights and seen him kill people. But being in it firsthand and seeing all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lendeborg was the No 11 overall pick by the Warriors in this year\u2019s draft after helping Michigan win the NCAA Tournament<\/a>. He had early success shutting down Don\u010di\u0107, but the six-time All-Star went on to score 28 points in the Lakers\u2019 victory.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, Don\u010di\u0107 was fouled by Lendeborg after a pump fake and celebrated in front of the rookie.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get the foul call. Congratulations, bro,\u201d Lendeborg said. \u201cThen you talk to me like you did something great. C\u2019mon, dog. That shit is weak. It kind of threw me off because I have so much respect for him. Gone, man. Gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lendeborg was given a technical for jawing at Don\u010di\u0107. \u201cI was telling him he sucks,\u201d Lendeborg said. \u201cHe can\u2019t score on me. You talk but you can\u2019t score on me. I said it the whole game. I said a couple cuss words, obviously. That\u2019s why I got the technical. But I was letting him know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lendeborg seemed unimpressed by the league in general after his debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess this is what the NBA is like, man,\u201d Lendeborg said. \u201cA lot of flopping, a lot of foul baiting, a lot of praying to the refs, man. Interesting first game for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lendeborg had already made an impression before his debut. He admitted he used to hate his new teammate Stephen Curry because he was a fan of one of his playing rivals, Kyrie Irving. Warriors veteran Draymond Green, who is not shy of expressing his own opinions, had no problems with the rookie\u2019s attitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this league, everybody always says, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s certain guys you got to respect,\u2019\u201d Green said after Wednesday\u2019s game. \u201cI ain\u2019t come in the league like that. Everybody will say, \u2018Oh, the rookie learned his lesson.\u2019 What\u2019d he learn? The next time he see him, go at his ass again.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Don\u010di\u0107 said he was trying to stay out of trouble.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was talking crazy,\u201d Don\u010di\u0107 said. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t trying to talk back. This season, I\u2019m not trying to get techs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg had an extraordinary NBA debut as he jawed with Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-891662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}