Yaxel Lendeborg commits to Michigan — What it means for the Wolverines

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zúñiga break down the Michigan men’s basketball team’s addition of UAB Yaxel Lendeborg, who withdrew from the NBA Draft and pledged to the Wolverines for the 2025-26 season. They open by looking at Lendeborg’s game, what made him a projected first-round draft pick and other factors he had to consider in his decision. They discuss his fit with Michigan, and some key factors in his recruitment that led to him picking the Wolverines and Dusty May over other suitors. In the second half of the episode, they look at how the Wolverines have fared this offseason with Lendeborg now in the fold. They discuss other transfer portal additions that Michigan made, remaining question marks for the Wolverines and early expectations for the season ahead. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.6	Hello everybody.
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1:01.9	I'm your host Zach Shaw.
1:03.1	Alejandro Zuniga is here with me talking some basketball because after a month of, I guess not back and forth.
1:10.1	I mean, the decision was always going to be made probably this week.
1:13.8	But Yaxel Lendeborg, 24-7 Sports number one transfer portal recruit has withdrawn from the NBA draft and will join the Michigan Wolverines for the 2025, 2025, 26th season.
1:26.0	Number one recruit probably says a lot of what needs to be said about his game,
1:29.9	but he played for Alabama Birmingham,
1:32.5	fantastic score, rebounder, ball distributor.
1:36.1	I think he led the team in literally the five main fantasy basketball categories
1:40.5	because he also had 1.7 steals, 1.8 blocks.
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