Warriors Rookie Loses Respect for Luka Doncic in NBA Debut
Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg criticizes Luka Doncic after NBA debut, calling his behavior ‘awful’.
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Yaxel Lendeborg, the Golden State Warriors’ rookie forward, needed just one NBA game to lose all respect for Luka Doncic. The Warriors’ first-round pick made his regular-season debut on Wednesday night in a 127-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and came away unimpressed with the professional game thanks to one of the league’s biggest stars.
“It was interesting,” Lendeborg said. “I got to see what the NBA is like, man. A lot of flopping, a lot of foul baiting, a lot of praying to the ref. Interesting first game for me, for sure.”
Yaxel Lendeborg said he “lost all respect” for Luka Doncic after facing him tonight because he said Doncic was “complaining the entire game.”
A lot of that frustration was directed toward Doncic.
“I had a lot of respect for him [Doncic]. You know, just watching [him]. But then being in there firsthand, just watching all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect, man,” Lendeborg said. “That was awful.”
“Like me getting frustrated, it’s not about the foul being called, it’s about him complaining the entire game… It kinda threw me off for a little while, like I said, I had so much respect for him. Gone man, gone.”
Rookie Yax goin’ at Luka 🍿
The two spent much of the first half jawing at one another. Lendeborg received a technical foul during one heated exchange with Doncic in the second quarter.
Luka Doncic to Yaxel Lendeborg:
Doncic eventually got the last laugh before halftime, drilling a half-court buzzer-beater with Lendeborg defending him.
Luka on Yaxel and the halfcourt shot:
After the game, Doncic said Lendeborg was “talking crazy” and admitted that trash talk tends to bring out a different version of him.
Luka Doncic on his interaction with Yaxel:
Obviously, the Warriors’ veterans were going to have their rookie’s back.
“Everyone’s going to be like ‘Oh, he shouldn’t talk to Luka, he should not talk to Luka,’ and I disagree with that sh*t one thousand percent,” Green said. “You f*cking go talk to somebody; you talk until you can’t f*cking talk no more.”
Draymond Green on Yaxel Lendeborg going at Luka Doncic: “Everyone will say the rookie learned his lesson. What he learn? The next time he see him, go at his ass again.”
Luckily for Lendeborg, he won’t have to wait long for another shot. The Warriors host Doncic and the Lakers again on Oct. 30, this time in NBA Cup group play. Something tells me the two will have plenty more to say.
Source: Daily Wire
