Yaxel Lendeborg tonight vs. the Spurs: 3 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST on 1⁄13 FG (7.7%) and a -40 +/- in 24 mins.
Yaxel Lendeborg tonight vs. the Spurs:
3 PTS
7 REB
1 AST
1⁄13 FG (7.7%)
-40 +/-
in 24 mins in the spurs blowout
Matching up against Wemby for the first time is probably the most surreal shock to the system a new player will have.
It’s gotta be so genuinely ludicrously demoralizing.
Like a 2nd grader playing on a nerf hoop with his uncle
I think the funnier part of tonight was Yaxel was relatively respectful of Wemby’s presence in the paint on D, so he turned on attacking the basket against Luke, who proceeded to block him 2-3 times anyways lmfao.
Eventually the NBA will realize you counter bigs like Wemby with very small players who will rip the ball from him the second he puts it on the floor. That will be demoralizing.
A rookie getting clamped because no one else can score and he’s playing out of position isn’t demoralizing. That’s a classic experience for any great player.
Yeah I wonder why no team has tried that yet!
They literally did that last 3 years, just don’t work no more this year.
So many drives U-turned fast when Wemby met them. Only Bassey managed to shot fake on Wemby twice. LMAO
Most people find Fr*nch people shocking
“Traumatizing people, sometimes is the goal”.Victor Wembanyama.
The Spurs put Steph Castle on him not Wemby. He looked like he didn’t watch one single minute of tape on Castle. He kept trying to do swing through moves on him. Castle loves when players try that. Wemby was guarding Draymond and roaming. If he thought the Spurs would put Wemby on him he wasn’t paying attention during the team meeting
Wemby is the paint. All hail the paint.
he did say he doesn’t watch nba games
Face of the league
Spurs were locked tf in from the jump
Yaxel is having a great rookie year but I swear he plays horrible whenever he talks trash lol
His two worst games are by a mile this one and the rematch vs. Luka and the Lakers
That MVP candidate presence too strong
He didn’t even really talk trash ngl everybody blows everything this guy says out of proportion, except the Luka stuff
He didn’t even talk it on court, he bitched about Luka to the media.
Saying you’re going to rough someone up is not nothing. I’d puff up is someone told me that.
Just means the gameplan is to be physical, literally every team says the same thing in their scouting report
I know what it means but it still sounds like a threat.
Rook got motion like that ggs
Didn’t he say before the game he was going to avoid wemby at all costs and try to shoot only 3‘s?
You can just look at the front page…
“What does he average, like five blocks? I’m gonna try to shoot as many 3s as I can tonight, try to bait him into helping out…oh, and try to rough him up as much as we can.”
folds from superstars aura I guess
I don’t even get how this was trash talking. He said he was gonna take more 3s (since challenging Wemby near the basket is dumb) and rough him up (because lower center of gravity and strength is the only advantage Yaxel has) so that just sounds like what he’s supposed to be doing.
Not yapping is an option 😂
So his two worst games are against the two best players in the NBA this year.
And you think it’s the trash talking?
Luka known for his defense you right
I am noticing a trend and it’s that everyone who is acting as tho Yax was talking trash are top 1% commenters. Spending too much time commenting to actually watch the videos you’re commenting on?
This happens all the time in sports, people will be waiting for a player or team they don’t like to have a bad game and immediately jump out to start spewing shit
I would not be surprised if some people just watch games (or just check box scores let’s be real here) where a starter or known player is doing poorly and have a post primed to fire up when the game ends
When the sub and sub discussion are the main way that people engage with what players say and do, the framing from Reddit becomes the reality for them.
you’re all morons for pointing out the top 1% commenter thing. it’s misleading, you can get it for just having one top level comment. has nothing to do with the frequency of comments on the subreddit.
I would say the morons are the ones with the moronic takes personally
no, the morons are idiots like you who point out something that is just straight up false because you wanna create your own dumbass narratives.
Sure it has more to do with those 2 teams being the top in the league
Don’t you know, correlation clearly means causation
Not to downplay Yaxel’s quality but some Mavs fans are crashing out because we drafted Rez over him purely based on last night’s game so I wonder how their inability to analyze players beyond the last game they played is justifying their idiocy now
Dude. He has played THIRTEEN games in the NBA. He has not scratched the surface in the league yet. He could literally be out of the league in two years. There has been plenty of guys like him that have good spurts as rookies. Not alot of them have been minus fucking 40 in an NBA game.
single game plus minus is a joke of a stat, anyone watching Yaxel’s body of work thus far can clearly see he’ll be fine. it’s not even potential; him right now is a solid NBA player regardless of one bad game
Body of work lmaooooo. Thirteen games, and youre that confident in the kid? Thats cute.
Which is why rookies normally don’t talk trash.
Everybody acts like Luka cooked him when he totally held his own and played great defense.
maybe in the first game lol did you see the second?
Of course it’s a suns fan saying dumb shit. Luka cooked him both games, especially in the 2nd game. Yax was fucking trash
At least he admits it after the game
70% of the cap was out against one of the best teams in the league
The Warriors are in a ton of trouble, there’s just a point where you cannot compete and they’re hitting it
Everyone thought the Warriors would be at the bottom of the West before the season started. The season started amazing in that context. Now that they got blown out by a genuine contender without Curry, everyone is hitting the panic button again lmfao.
yea thats a huge overreaction lol but you know what sub we’re on
I think we recovered awesome from that terrible start but the injuries are escalating fast again. Curry and Williams are both out, and we’re missing three guys who are supposed to be starting (one isn’t coming back, Porzingis, and Moody will unlikely be back this season).
We need bodies, stat
Right?
Yeah no shit, they don’t have 70% of their cap, and it’s a game in November, who cares?
Not even OKC could handle their best player and 70% of their cap being out. NBA rosters are too elite for that.
Curry is the warriors without him they have no chance, I didn’t expect any other outcome than the one that took place. If curry was out here he could have definitely pushed this game to be much more competitive. Curry has had huge games against the wemby spurs.
We are missing half our playable players against the best team in the world, why are people even talking about this game?
Anyone pinning this loss on Yaxel didn’t watch the game. We got beat in every possible way.
well at least he didn’t say anything stupid before the game
He said to get physical with Wemby.
Draymond: “got it”
How is that stupid? You don’t think that isn’t what every coach says against any superstar?
yup, they’re gonna get calls anyway, might as well rough them up while you’re at it and get your money’s worth
So how many rough-ups per minute did he have?
Ggs.. but if they play physical, like body wemby, i’m not saying to injure wemby, but just be there, wemby has a hard time i think. He tried to back down gui santos at the elbow but couldn’t then had to settle for a 3 pt shot. I think he needs to gain some muscle, both him and chet
Edit: dafuq im getting downvoted for this? Ain’t even a slight at wemby
He’s already gotten stronger. And it’s kind of hurt his shot. He’s adjusting right now. His 3s and FTs have been off.
Damn really? Guess thats why kd ain’t lift in his life, but then again kd isnt a center, feels like both chet and wemby need some strength to really play a physical position like the center. Hopefully he find his stroke
it’s not even muscle, it’s just physics and angles — he can (and has) blow by on bigger, stockier centres (that suns C, clingan, etc.) but the issue of posting up against smaller guys is that gravity is always working against you.
Yeahh guess that’s true, other wordly talent tho fo sure
No disrespect, but you say that like people haven’t been doing that his entire career, including this season (especially after seeing how the Knicks played him in the Finals).
By my eye, he knew he was being keyed in on to an absurd degree by the Warriors and was happy to play the decoy, sit back, and let his teammates do all the work
Yeah i mean he didn’t need to be the man to give BTA to the warriors tonight, but i just thought if he had a bit more strength to not get push out, he would be like an alien from a higher dimension
Well no he said to “rough him up”
Disaster from the start from the whole team.
Elite level of hating
Stinker stats, but homie at multiple points this game was TRIPLE TEAMED with Wemby. Pretty much doubled the rest of the game.
Wemby genuinely seems to enjoy dominating Rookies. Cooper Flagg’s first game last year was a rough one.
It was his NBA debut too, tough luck to draw Wemby. (Wemby’s career debut was also against the Mavs! was a so-so, not bad, not good performance in a loss)
I believe my level of hate for golden state is unmatched. So happy Yaxel is getting clowned on after his shit talk.
he didn’t even shit talk this game lmao lock in
he did. talked about being physical with Wemby…He said, he was going to rough up Wemby
“I’m gonna try to shoot as many 3s as I can tonight, try to bait him into helping out… Oh, and try to rough him up as much as we can,”
LMAO THAT’S NOT SHIT TALKING
How soft ya’ll gotta be to think that’s shit talk 😭
Either way Wemby had 12 points so you can’t say they exactly failed, Castle just went off while everyone on the warriors were ass
one sided ass beef 😭
-40 in a game is diabolical.
Best defensive team in the league and without Curry gets all the attention. I wouldn’t overthink it
This is the correct take. Watching a rookie get doubled every time he had the ball within 10ft of the rim. I mean I guess he’s good enough to give that attention to, right?
He got roughed up instead
Yeah but did he say anything about Luka?
Nah but he said he wanted to dunk on Wemby lmao
He got rejected twice by Kornet. Couldn’t even dunk on Wemby’s much maligned backup.
Bro talked shit and got humiliated, he deserves all the smoke tonight after this shitter.
did he? he said he was gonna shoot threes and try to rough wemby up a bit, I mean it’s fair. Didn’t even felt like in an arrogant way
That’s basically how most teams attempt to gameplan against him anyways lol
Right? Everyone turning a nothing burger to something lol
Yeah Yaxel is fine man 😭 people still mad he trash talked Luka
Immediately after I saw the clip here went to check his box score. Bro attempted only 2 threes all game 😭
The comment is literally made by a warriors fan why are being dragged into this shit 😂
People forget how wide, big and girthy the laker fanbase is
A portion of us. dare I say. like this yaxel feller
I honestly don’t even think he talked shit tbh. He just said what his (supppsed) plan was for dealing with Wemby.
If people wanna focus on taking Wemby out of the game (and play football on him) and ignore the rest of the team, I think the Spurs will take the 30 point wins every time
People these days have such poor listening and reading comprehension that it’s unreal. He did not talk shit morons!
When did he talk trash? I keep seeing comments about it but I can’t find the clip
He said he wanted to draw wemby out by only shooting 3s (no big deal), but then said they would look for every opportunity to “rough him up”.
Not the the most heinous thing to say imo, many teams take that approach, they just don’t say it.
He was being interviewed and was just answering the questions normally, and with a little deserved confidence. No normal person would consider that talking trash.
What? I’m genuinely confused that people are thinking that Yaxel talked shit about the Spurs or Wemby. He didn’t, he said that Wemby is great at defending the paint so they’re going to hoist threes.
Are people confusing Luka with Wemby? He talked shit about Luka.
Yeah and Yaxel was so obnoxious and annoying for that. All basketball players keep the trash talk on the court. They don’t go bitching to the media about it
Damn, we’ll give you Nnaji for him. Clearly you want him to face the smoke lol.
You don’t deserve him
first warriors fan i’ve seen with common sense
What happened to him shooting all the 3s he can against Wemby? Bro shot the least he shot all season
How is that talking shit what he said pregame? That’s nowhere near shit talking. Even most spurs fans are saying that he wasn’t talking shit
He wasn’t talking shit at all. What he said was complementing Vic.
I think him saying that they were going to “rough him up” then we see that push from Draymond, and that is what pissed some people off.
I mean every single team in the nba is looking to rough up wemby i.e. play physical with him along with any other superstar. What draymond did went way beyond what yaxel was talking about.
Oh I agree completely. I’m not one of the people who faulted Yaxel at all or connected the two. I’m just speculating about why a small minority of spurs fans may seem upset with what he said.
There’s a thread in our sub giving Yaxel respect. OP tried to throw shade and everyone took up for him, so it’s a small minority of our fanbase who had any issue at all.
Most of them in here moving like prime mj and kg, making shit up to hate on the ops, like when kg said dirk called him the n word in german to get fired up LMAO
Acuff having a horrible night too. Must be a Friday the 13th curse
Acuff is 19
But who really develops as people between the ages of 19 and 24?
/s
Ppl overreacting. Everybody has a bad game, and especially rookies
Acuff had 17 points, if that’s a horrible night then he’s probably the ROY
matching +/- and age
Steph castle is yaxel father. In all seriousness love yaxel”s confidence but this is good learning lesson for him to tone done his chirping a little bit .
BREAKING: Yaxel loses all respect for Wemby.
Is that good
Ok but i was told that the warriors have a big 3???https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1xse09j/comment/19serpdzmmd7k/
(context: that dude is a dame stan who likes to prop up steph’s teammates to shit on steph)
mofo got locked inside castle dungeon
Elderly abuse
I’m convinced that most of this sub doesnt actually like basketball. The amount of hate towards someone who’s confident and has personality is truly bizarre.
It’s like a bunch of flaky, dumbass UFC fans in here sometimes.
Hating is part of sports fandom. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, hope everyone has fun. I wanna see some players succeed and I wanna see others crash and burn
I just think you’re wrong. It’s normal for fans to not like guys who aren’t on their own team by default. It’s easier to justify that when they’re mouthing off before they’ve done much.
I say this as a UM alum who really appreciates Yaxel and always thought he’d be good in the NBA.
How did he mouth off, though?
Too many fans getting mad at the slightest bit of personality.
People will always clown on players who talk shit then dont back it up. Ask me how I know.
I mean he talks shit and goes 1⁄13. Basically asking for it
People have a weird idea of taking shit when he said basically nothing
Amen. Geriatric rookie from opposing team talks shit that he can’t back up, of course he’s gonna get clowned. That’s sports, crazy how people glaze Yaxel as if he’s supposed to be likable to all.
What shit did he talk?
He’s already disliked in Lakers and Grizzlies fanbase. He’s gonna have so many haters by the end of the season
Fans being fans.
Im a laker fan haven’t seen any hate. Hate is a strong word. Its a rivalry now and every fan i know enjoys rivalries. If you hate someone you dont even know anything about, pretty stupid imo.
can tell you didnt watch nothing cause nowhere did he talk any shit about wemby pregame
He’s backed it up both times vs the Lakers.
Can you explain when he talked shit about the the Spurs or Wemby? All he said is that Wemby is great at defending the paint and so he’s going to chuck up shots which is exactly what he did lol
Wdym talk shit bruh, he was literally praising Wemby saying he averaged 5 blocks a game, had like a 50 point game the other night, he said “rough him up” as a lighthearted reply to a question about how to guard him, which is valid??
Only time he talked shit was with Luka
Show me where he talked shit
So what are you asking for?
Exactly, players that shoot 1⁄13, haven’t won 6 rings, and players that don’t contribute to winning basketball shouldn’t talk trash
dawg, we’re in a thread about his piss poor performance that game and half the comments are glazing his personality
this is a basketball sub, I’m here for the games and the stats, not the tweets and the clips
Right. The people defending the performance only care because they found an anti hero. They found a troll they can root for
They’re here for the drama.
Wtf lol. What is so hard for you to understand that people may dislike him? When he says he lost respect for Luka, people who like Luka has every right to dislike him. When he says he’s gonna rough Wemby up, while I think he’s joking, people who like Wemby have every right to dislike him. So when he gets cooked (which is 2⁄2 times now) people have every right to clown on his 1⁄13 -40 dumbass
It’s so ironic always you “I like confidence and toughness” redditors got the most softass comments like these protecting “the tough guy”. Let him get clowned, he fucking deserves it right now, and he’ll be alright afterwards
Negativity drives all social media, because it produces clicks and shares. All there is to it.
Reddit has been sucking him off nonstop. Lmao
Yeah when he goes and cry’s after the game about respect and then puffs himself up and plays an all time shitter at -40, it is easy to clown on him. He wanted to talk, then he deserves the smoke
Idk why people do this moral grandstanding shit about others ‘not loving basketball’ whenever someone they like gets hate. I’m sorry, but a big part of basketball culture is trashtalking, having players you hate and being a hypocrite when you defend your favs. This is part of being a basketball fan and it always will be
I love basketball so when I see a player go 1⁄13, I’m gonna laugh
Well said, totally agree.
I also think just because we as fans want guys to have personalities doesn’t mean we have to like any personality. The stuff about how easy rebounding in the league is and the Luka stuff is not the kind of personality i really like, whereas Ant as a rookie was equally bold and personable in his own way and it was so much more likeable.
He sounds like a sports fan
You sound like you’re soft and never played sports.
He never said that today? Last time i heard it was a month ago. What were you doing when he was playing great? You sound like a fucking loser.
yall getting too emotional about a millionaire getting clowned after a shit game. relax bro. he won’t give you any money.
Nope. It’s extremely off putting that thousands genuinely believe someone is talking trash even tho they did not. I just can’t stand people who point fingers immediately. Being innocent and then getting stigmatized for no reason is the worst feeling in the world like getting imprisoned for 50 years for being innocent. I don’t care if you are a homeless bum or a millionaire, it doesn’t feel right to talk down upon someone for something they didn’t even do.
Who did he want to talk to? He said that Wemby was gonna lock the pain and he’d have to put up shots.
The shit he talked to a certain somebody was backed up when he clamped Luka and then beat him.
Wemby doesn’t care about what Yaxel said about Luka. Get over it already.
Other nba players have said Yaxel did too much
Luka is literally the biggest complainer in the nba. If players are on his side, then those players are idiots
Wemby probably cared (a bit) about what Yaxel said about Wemby. “rough him up” lol.
There is no difference between an NBA player saying that “they need to play more physical with a player” and that they need to “rough him up”. Minor grammatical nuances are not relevant.
It’s been 3 weeks let it go
Literally did none of that besides the -40
Bro this is ever sports subs lol no news like bad news.
I mean, this is why players are pr trained. People love when players are cocky, and other people will wait for them to do badly and then bring up every negative thing about them.
Its just better to not talk and be open in a way that it can come back to bite you.
They are more interested in drama, the nba is like their ‘keeping up with the kardashians’
It’s wild how much people want so bad for a lot of these players to fail. I just don’t get it.
I mean most of them haven’t got anything going on in their life, which is why they love dramas and hate watching
Ok top contributor
Realistically, why would anyone want a player not on a team they support to do well… Wanting them to fail is the default
Warriors fans went on a fucking press run trying to make Sengun look bad for the Curry injury. Y’all are the ones trying to start drama.
Is being confident and having personality what you call a cocky trashtalker?
What does his personality have to do with basketball? Sounds like 2 completely different things. People are allowed to enjoy basketball but not enjoy his personality, he’s clearly polarizing
Warriors fans yesterday were saying he’s a shoe in for roty and we’re not even in December. Most obnoxious fanbase in the league eats crow and we’re not gonna mention it?
Well, I love players with personality because they give them something to talk about and incite reactions both wildly positive (as Yaxel has been getting for weeks) and clowning.
Not sure what the point of a strong personality on a player even is, otherwise. As far as a fan is concerned.
didnt he literally say he sucks. lol
dude trashed one of the best players in the league in his first game while getting blown out–it’s reasonable to dislike this guy
Lol I don’t remember the last team a player won something for his personality. Tell him to not piss his pants next time
It’s just dominated by Lakers fans who are programmed to hate the guy by their daddy Luka
The vast majority of Redditors are massive dorks with minimal personality and like 3 real life friends.
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What happened to the shooting threes strat
His plan was to shoot them, not make them
He didnt even shoot them
Spurs perimeter players could easily fully step up on every shooter cuz draymond is worthless on the court and wemby has easiest defensive game of his life
Gotta keep em on their toes
Wait I’m confused. Bill Simmons told me Yaxel was prime LeBron on the Heat?