Dubs Talk: How do you grade the Warriors drafting Yaxel Lendeborg 11th overall?

Thu, Jun 25, 2026

On "Dubs Talk," Monte Poole and Dalton Johnson discuss the outlook of the Golden State Warriors selecting Yaxel Lendeborg in the 2026 NBA Draft.

For me, that, that's why I graded this as an A minus- Right for the pick.

When you looked at who the players were, when you looked at where the Warriors are now as a franchise, it made a lot of sense to me.

I went with the A minus.

What would you have graded the pick?

At least that.

I like that.

Thank you.

I mean, I may have gone w- I may have gone with an A.

Okay.

because, you know, I know there's some people in the building that, that like Mara too.

Mm-hmm.

But, Lindeberg just fills more He fills more holes.

Yes, exactly.

And, and he can, like Mike said, he can guard one through five.

I like his defense.

I mean, Mara is a great rim protector, but Lindeberg gives you I mean, his three-point shot is good, could get better.

it's gonna be a little bit different, but it's, it's solid now, but he's not a jump out of the building athlete.

He's a very good athlete.

But I mean, you look at a guy like Anunoby, for example.

He doesn't jump out of the building, but guess what he can do?

You know, a lot of things that hurt, that help your team, and hurts the other team.

So, yeah, I, I, I think when I, when you look at the, the choices that were there for them, I think this one made so much sense.

I think the thought, it, it crossed my mind a couple times that don't overthink this.

Yes, exactly.

Like, those are the three words that I think should be following Axel Lindeberg throughout the draft is don't overthink it.