After Being Selected at #11 By the Warriors, Yaxel Lendeborg Broke Down in Tears Hugging His Mom, Who Is Battling Stage 4 Appendix Cancer. “This moment is for her.”
Yaxel has an amazing story. Guy is a straight baller and I cannot wait to see him as a pro.
As a basketball fan I’d be interesting to see the timeline where he takes basketball seriously as a kid
Even in his JUCO tape you can see that the dude could have/should have been a high-end recruit out of high school if he wasn’t fucking around playing videogames and tanking his grades
As a Michigan fan I’m very happy with the path he actually took
With the absolute state of underage ball in the USA it’s probably best he didn’t take it so seriously
The system that’s built around exploiting kids and their parents around basketball is deplorable
Someone on the table with Windy or maybe it was him said his mom shoudnt be wiping his tears for him or smthng like that…learn the story first or even without one nothing was wrong with that.
Someone else can wipe your tears. Especially your mother. If it’s not taken out of context then those guys are just idiots
Just lost my dad to stage 4 cancer. Evil evil disease. Hope Yaxel and his mother can find peace
Same man, fuck cancer.
I’m sorry for your loss man ❤️
Sorry for your loss, hope you’re doing okay ❤️
Appendix cancer actually is one of the better ones so there might be hope
Lost my dad to prostate cancer too, I never wanna see anyone go through that, hope youre okay 🫶🏻
I’m sorry for your loss. Fuck cancer
May his memory be a blessing.
11 years for my mom. Pancreatic.
❤️
Grandmother is currently passing away from Stage 4 lung cancer, fuck cancer
Godspeed brother
Cancer is a fucking bitch.
my condolences to you and your family ❤️
I’m sorry for your loss
How is a disease “evil” — how can it have a moral property? It can’t.
Fine to have that belief, I hold it myself. Just a bad time and place to try to make that a debate.
Read the room g
Sorry brother that was Reddit 1.0, 2014 is down the hall and to the left
whatever you say sheldon
The pain the disease causes is evil, hope no one u know or care about goes through it. It takes a mental toll on everyone. Sorry for everyone who’s dealt with something like this
Read this https://www.theplayerstribune.com/yaxel-lendeborg-ncaa-basketball-michigan
needs a fucking onion warning
Oh you mean onion like THAT
I was like, “why the fuck would The Onion make a satire article about this??”
It ain’t even onion for me, it’s straight up waterfalls.
Such a great storyteller with a great, positive energy. I wish all the best for him and his mom.
Made it through the article somehow then coming back to see the video again was like a tactical nuke to the emotions
Fuck you, got me tearing up at work. Great article.
Damn thanks for sharing. Definitely rooting for this kid. Such amazing love for his mom and to hear of her own level of sacrifice and love to ensure he had the best chance of success
He and his family are really great people. Really rooting for this guy.
Damn what a beautiful article
What an amazing read. Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time
Fuck it, it’s early morning and I’m crying like a baby. I think Yaxel just became my favourite player of this draft.
Damn you for sharing this man. What a beautiful article. Hope Yaxel balls out and her mom recovers!
Appendix cancer has to be awful. Knowing the whole thing could have been removed and be cured if she found out earlier.
Appendeceal cancers are also just really tricky to treat.
So they remove it now? Or what?
I’m sure they probably did, but stage 4 means it’s spread to other areas of the body and effectively can’t be contained, so even with the appendix removed, cancer remains.
One thing most people don’t realize is that the appendix is attached to the colon. My wife died from appendix Cancer, it’s brutal and in many ways just a different version of colon cancer.
Hes gonna be good for the warriors
Hope the Warriors hook him up with the best medical network possible. They both deserve to watch his career play out healthy.
Good thing is, Warriors’ arena is right next to UCSD medical center
UCSF
You’re right. Meant to type SF but fat finger.
Don’t forget Stanford Medical Center. Curry lives 10 min away from Campus.
God man that just cuts straight through. Beautiful, raw moment
I lost my father to appendix cancer after he was diagnosed when I was 18. It’s a very rare disease. Usually not identified until the appendix is removed and by then it’s often too advanced. It was brutal to watch what it did to his body. I can’t imagine the feeling he had celebrating with her. Something he’s going to be thankful she was there for, for the rest of his life
If you don’t mind me asking what did it do to his body? Mom has cancer and well she is still working so it is doing something but nothing visibly I can see aside from the effects of chemo
Well if you really want the answer, his body just eventually break down and essentially betrayed him. He lost significant weight. He started out working out trying to fight it but eventually he was in pain a lot. You up the pain meds and then they do less physically b/c of it. Eventually he kinda turned into bones b/c he was unable to eat. Started using a wheelchair to get around and went into hospice care and you can imagine how it went from there. He was a really strong and active person who never took a sick day and it still broke him down. It’s hard for me to look at photos from the final months b/c it was hardly the same person.
Your mom can win the fight and beat it though! I’ll be pulling for her. Stay strong! It makes you appreciate every day you have a little more for sure though
Watch my grandmother go through the same process right now, albeit with lung cancer. She’s hit the point of so many pain meds she really can’t eat anymore, it’s truly awful. I’m so sorry you had to witness that.
I’m in my 30s and just went through chemo. I had stage 3 colon cancer, not appendix, but the chemo was brutal. I still have neuropathy in my hands and feet, and the treatments themselves were very unpleasant, but I feel more or less back to normal now that I’m done with treatment.
my condolences. hope you are doing ok ❤️
Nothing’s happy in this life
She dabbed his tears with a tissue 😭
Love your moms. I love your mom 🫵
I love how I just saw a post saying NIL causes new draftees not to cry because they are already millionaires. Just ignoring this clip I guess lol
I just lost my Mom to lung cancer last month. That really hit hard. What a beautiful, fulfilling moment.
Sorry for your loss
Just visited my grandmother for likely the last time who has Stage 4 lung cancer, so sorry my man
I’m so sorry, and thank you. ❤️
sending my love from across the internet ❤️
Every single thing in this world is possible because of moms, rooting for both of them
He landed in the perfect situation
I hope this guy succeeds. He seems so genuine
Fuck cancer
Wow. That must be overwhelming. Special that she’s there to see her son get drafted.
Just lost my mom to cancer last week. If anything the year after her diagnosis was harder than the actual day she passed.
Bruh, the thing that stopped being useful 10,000 years ago is what got the cancer? That’s gotta be tough
Hope for the best in her fight. Appendix cancer is one of those super shitty cancers that you almost never catch until it’s become a major issue and it’s a tough fight.
Watching him say “I don’t deserve this” was rough. Dude’s going through it.
Prayers for his mom! And also he’s had one of the most unique developmental journeys that I can recall in recent memory
❤️❤️
*sigh* just lost my baby and seeing this is bittersweet. I know she is incredibly PROUD of him. Words can’t even describe that pride and joy she has for him.
WHY AM i CRYING?
Rooting for this man
Every person you see, no matter where they stand on the podium of life next to you, is most likely going through issues, just as you are.
Can you imagine being a parent facing a terminal illness and you just saw your child get set up financially for life?
wish the Mavs took him instead of Morez. Better offensive bag and versatile defensively.
As a Michigan fan, I’m still bitter as fuck, but trust Dusty. He’s seen them both every day for the past year. He’s also one of the smartest coaches in basketball.
Well see if it translates To the nba
This is above sports.
Lost my mama to cancer before I could even remember her 💓
Infinite love and power to the moms out there fighting cancer and still giving their young men every bit of love and encouragement and light that they need 💙 we do it for you
I’m sobbing what the fuck and that article was a beautiful read
espn sucks
He really has a great story
Oh fuck I’m crying
What a mom he’s so blessed
If i ever accomplish anything, I’ll be crying wishing my mom was here. Glad he could have her see his accomplishments irl and not on the jumbo-tron in heaven.
sorry, but why the thumbnail on desktop looks like he’s eating ass?
I miss my mom
that draft night call from his mom always hits different. really hoping he gets on court soon.
Good for him, there is no better blessing that being able to afford providing a lease on life to your loved ones when they need medical care.
I’d assume they just remove the appendix like they do with appendicitis?
Great story but I’m sorry, it’s so gross the broadcast is using it for attention and entrainment value.
Soft. If I were the Warriors, I would’ve returned my pick on the spot and ask for a do-over.
It’s a useless part of the body right?!?
I know you’re being facetious, but stage 4 cancer has spread through her entire body or at least to critical organs.
“There is no stage 5.”
What the radiologist told my GF when we asked what was after stage 4.
My dad had tonsil cancer and one of the main docs said that they’re starting to break stage 4 into subsections now depending on how far along it is. Like 4a, 4b, 4c
Hahahha, this is like when your dad says, “I’m gonna count to five…” but he REALLY doesn’t want to actually have to figure out a punishment for you.
It’s tragic that the most useless part of the body gave her mom a cancer. That’s devastating. But someone said it has good bacteria for the gut
The leading medical theory is that the appendix is a bacterial reservoir that replaces your gut bacteria in the case of some event that wipes it out. It’s important enough that the human body still has it so there was a solid evolutionary advantage to it.
On top of that, even if something can be considered as useless (which I dont think there really any organ that’s useless), surgery is generally not recommended unless absolutely necessary
Fun fact: It actually stores good bacteria for your gut
What the fuck is appendix cancer? Just cut that shit out.
Usually don’t find out you have it until it gets removed. Stage 4 means it’s already spread
Thanks doc
Rooting for him, but i have little faith it works out in Golden State they’ve been abysmal at drafting since their big three
MDJ has actually made pretty good picks since he took over. got some competent rotation guys out of the second round. this was his first year having a lottery pick since he’s been our GM iirc. meyers drafted some busts though for sure
i think yaxel is a pretty safe high floor pick too. kind of a known quantity and less star upside than most lottery picks, but i think he has a chance to be a high quality two way role player, somewhere in the otto porter/aaron gordon realm
Appendix cancer? Just take it out
Stage 4 means it’s spread
And appendix cancer is one of the hardest to catch
r/thanksimcured
You don’t know much about cancer, you should consider yourself lucky to be so ignorant of it.
I bet her doctor never thought of that
A quick google search says it’s difficult to detect early and is typically only found incidentally. By the time symptoms appear, it’s already spread.
well at least youll never get brain cancer
I hate a I’m doing this for mommy athlete. Do it for yourself.
Legitimately what is wrong with you
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This is the shittiest of takes my guy
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