Former UAB star makes humble NBA entry: ‘I’m truly unworthy’

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Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg (right) shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being chosen by the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Draft on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Yaxel Lendeborg stood out among the first-round picks in the NBA Draft on Tuesday night. It wasn’t just that Lendeborg will be 24 years old in September and none of the 10 players picked ahead of him is older than 20. Lendeborg’s draft night interviews lacked the verbal swagger of teens confident of making an immediate mark in the NBA.

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