Steph Curry Finally Has the Teammate He's Needed. Meet Yaxel Lendeborg

The Warriors have plenty of questions this season, and one of the biggest is whether a 24-year-old rookie can handle playing alongside Steph Curry in the final chapter of his career. Four preseason games in, Yaxel Lendeborg already reads the floor like a veteran.
The best way to evaluate him is to watch how he fits into the intricate web of movement and passing that makes the Warriors offense what it is. We break down the Princeton action and pinch post entries where he reads the switch, the flare screen and the empty lane all before he cuts. The backdoor he explodes into when his new defender gets chest to chest with him. The pin down for Curry that turns into a curl and a back screen at the weakside elbow, where nobody wants to leave Steph and that is all Lendeborg needs.
We also get into how he leverages Curry's gravity, the screen that forces the center up and creates the long closeout, and the gallop he adds before the catch that younger players almost always get wrong. Plus split action out of the corner, the footwork and the left-handed finish over an elite rim protector, and what it looks like when he plays center in the small-ball lineups the Warriors used to run with Draymond.
Steve Kerr on why he's the most prepared rookie he's had, and why a guy who spent two years in junior college in Yuma was never a five-star anything.
For more info on the cool 3D Graphics, visit CoachPaint: tracab.chyronhego.com/coach-paint-coach-nick
.ly/BBallSub
MUSIC: BBALLBREAKDOWN Theme by Isaac Narell
Join our YT Membership for TONS of extra content: bit.ly/3rmJwUB
ABOUT BBALLBREAKDOWN
BBallBreakdown is devoted to deep-dive analysis of NBA basketball gameplay. If you're a coach or a player, check out the MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP - filled with an ever growing library of on court demos designed to help you improve your play and your coaching! Giving fans a taste of a pro coach's film session, host Coach Nick breaks down fundamentals, play calling, offense, defense, shooting form, officiating, and everything else basketball. In addition, see exclusive interviews with NBA players and coaches, from active super stars to retired legends.