Overview
- Golden State selected Yaxel Lendeborg with the No. 11 overall pick and he led the team to the Las Vegas NBA Summer League title while earning both the title-game MVP and overall Summer League MVP.
- Reporting shows the Warriors had hoped to land guard Brayden Burries and briefly considered trading down but ultimately rejected offers from Charlotte and Oklahoma City before staying at No. 11 to take Lendeborg.
- Coach Steve Kerr praised Lendeborg’s passing, feel and fit with the roster and general manager Mike Dunleavy called him a 'Day One' contributor who can step into minutes early.
- Lendeborg said a blunt 2025 pre-draft meeting with the Warriors, when he was told he came off like a 'jackass,' helped prompt a return to college and contributed to his maturation before this draft cycle.
- The team still regards second-round pick Lajae Jones as a long-term project with no firm decision on a 15-man roster spot versus a two-way contract that would send him to the Santa Cruz G League for development.