Yaxel Lendeborg expands Dominican history in the NBA: there are now 15 locals chosen in the Draft<\/a><\/p>n”\n\n“n\u201cI am happy to go there and excited to play once and for all\u201d, expressed Lendeborg in his first words after learning his destination in the American league.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
The Dominican forward stated that he is living a special moment with his family and highlighted his mother’s excitement for the achievement reached.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
\u201cIt feels very good, you know, I am very happy for this moment. And my mom is very happy too\u201d, he\/she commented.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
Lendeborg acknowledged that all the effort made throughout his life took on a new dimension upon hearing his name in the Draft and becoming a player for the Golden State organization.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
\u201cEverything we did, my whole life practicing and getting here, went to waste. Everything, everything went to waste,\u201d he pointed out emotionally.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
The player also spoke about his experience during the pre-Draft process and the connection he had with the Warriors during his private workouts.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
\u201cThe game with the Warriors went very, very well. They liked me a lot, as the person I am,\u201d he stated.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
Lendeborg, who comes from an outstanding stint with the Michigan Wolverines, where he won the NCAA championship, is now preparing to fulfill his dream of reaching the NBA and representing the Dominican Republic at the highest level of world basketball.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what else to say, but I am happy to go there and excited to play once and for all,\u201d concluded the new Dominican talent for the Warriors.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
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“n n” “n Santo Domingo. \u2013 Dominican Yaxel Lendeborg did not hide his happiness after becoming a new selection for the Golden State Warriors in the 2026 NBA Draft, assuring that he is ready to begin this new stage of his career. n” “n You might be interested in: Yaxel Lendeborg expands Dominican history in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":512232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[43601,44182,40231,71,43735],"class_list":["post-512231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-breakingnews","tag-cover","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nba","tag-thenewspaperoftruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29fN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_20260624-002206_X.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_20260624-002206_X.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}