Yaxel Lendeborg Named 2026 Las Vegas Summer League MVP 🏆 | 14.8 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 4.0 AP

Starting Graham Ekay, who's a versatile enough to be able to guard multiple positions, even the five. Lindeborg for three. Down the lead belongs to the Warriors. Their first since it was 57-56. 7-0 run. Under two minutes remaining. It's kind of making me rethink my MVP vote. Had time to change it. That was the foul to give, by the way. Mid-range foul for Lindeborg. Lindeborg taking that right now. Timeout Memphis. Nimhard step back. Ball popped in the air. Now Golden State a chance to run. Lindeborg, look out. The open court for a hybrid forward. Watch him. Actually, not even a hero. It's just a straight blow by, but his versatility as a passer, as a shot maker, a guy who could put it on the floor, a guy who could play small ball at four or five. He's telling me that this is what I can give him late in the game. Breyer orchestrating. Lost the handle. It's Kaluma. Numbers for the Lakers. Mannion blocked by Lindeborg. That might be on Mannion. Yes. Three-point play there. Seven-point game in the minute 12 to go. Yaxell, the 360 spin, likes that continuation. Three-point play opportunity for Lindeborg. To me, it's his skill set. I mean, his ability to get himself back on balance, his ability to finish at the rim, his ability to put the ball on the floor. These are all the things that it just... Now, the Knicks, you can't give up this basket if you're Lindeborg. Oh, my goodness. Get that out of here. Yax with the rejection. One year already as a professional basketball player. Breyer is really, really stealing the show today. Nice pass. Lindeborg with a bounce pass at it. See, this is the Lindenborg thing. Here at Mad Bulls, his hands, he can advance it. Michigan on Michigan crime. His feel for the game right here. His ability to get to the rim. But I just... Looking at my chart, that's Jorge Diaz-Graham, twin brothers playing for the Dallas Mavericks. Yaxell able to put it in. You get a high basketball key, you get size, but more importantly, you get a physical body and skill. He is incredibly skilled for a 6'9 player, offensively and defensively. Seven-point game. Tip in the backcourt. Kreyer's got it. Lindenborg flies in for the hammer. He's underneath that side on a bounce play, the really good cut. And then there's right here in an open floor, he's going to do that. But the inbounds play on the side of the bounce, really good job of the coach setting something up. But once he made that pass, and this is where his development has been over the last 12 months. Nice side on a bounce play again. And he made the pass. Great job. Played basketball at a Division I level, but only scored 13 total points in his career, yet was so widely regarded and respected as Lindenborg able to lay it in. You still have to play well. They care. They care the most about whether that shot is going in and whether you're getting rebounds and assists. That's a great hand by Yaxell. Yeah, Lindenborg to steal, leads the break himself. Richard on the drive. I do. I definitely do. I definitely see him being able to, and he's very multi-positional. I do think, nice. Lindenborg went right at him that time. Lindenborg getting physical with Macek. Here's that second jump again. Got fouled, plus the bucket. Just so physical, just brute strength. His charisma and what he brings to the team, but we'll see if he can add more today. He's looking, gets his man. Jeremy Lin, I'm John Schriffin. Start of this fourth quarter. It is the Warriors with a lead over the Knicks and a three knockdown. Nice pass. As you can see, he sees that help defender coming just a little bit too much, and that's not typical. Trying to use the screen, but gives it away. Now Lindenborg has John. In two and a half minutes. Finds Lachlan O'Brien. Give it back to Lindenborg. Dumps it off pretty fine. O'Brien with the finish from O'Kerke. Out of Vanderbilt. Lindenborg keeps it high. Hammers it. Beautiful pass. Bad to shoot. Pryor's into the paint. Lindenborg with the finish. Oh, I would have let that one go. He got a key check. There you go. There you go, Jackson. And Ike with a left hand. Yeah. A bucket here. Trying to create some distance with them and the Lakers. Look in the hand. The Lakers, their first loss of the Vegas Summer League. Lindenborg, bowling ball to a bucket. And the evaluation that went into this year's Summer League here in Las Vegas. Lindenborg with a steal. And with contact, lays it up and in. I mean, absolutely. Pryor draws a switch defensively. Finds Lindenborg. Shot clock down to two. To the rack, right up in at one. So special. We called out the possession earlier where he was able to force Yaxel Lindenborg into a rush three-point shot. This time, Yaxel does not settle. Drives at baseline. Gets downhill.