Eight straight! Warriors overwhelm Pelicans 138–87
Curry and Podziemski scored 25 each, with Lendeborg adding 23. Twenty-one threes and 37 assists powered Golden State’s eighth consecutive win.
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Basketball · NBA · Forward
Yaxel Lendeborg
2026–27 Season performance
Through November 7 of the 2026–27 season, he has played 10 games, averaging 21.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists. His rookie season already includes more than thirty minutes per game and a substantial scoring and rebounding role. Sustaining efficiency while reducing turnovers is the next development target.
Updated 2026-11-10Career background
Lendeborg’s college route took him through Arizona Western, UAB and finally Michigan. Rather than following a straight high-profile prospect pathway, he accumulated scoring, rebounding and passing experience at different levels. Michigan’s official biography records that he reached 1,000 points in just two seasons at UAB.
Golden State selected him 11th in 2026, connecting that junior-college and NCAA route to the NBA. His professional career is still beginning; the meaningful background is how experience across several levels prepared him to bring a combination of frontcourt scoring, rebounding and passing into a new league.
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