Yaxel Lendeborg

Skilled big. Carried by perimeter defense (80th) and passing (75th); the question mark is rebounding (16th).

Draft outlook

Where the math lands them

Projected landing

#11

Golden State Warriors

1st round

Model vs the field

The One

#11

vs

Field

#12

In line with the field — our board and the consensus agree within a couple of slots.

across 3 mock boards

Scouting summary

Skilled big profile. The loudest scout signal: elite bpm (BPM = 100th pct). Their NCAA dominance composite lands at 82 on a 100 scale. Mock consensus pegs them 12th across 3 boards.

Auto-generated from archetype + top deterministic chip · long-form narrative ships when the generator's AI pass is enabled.

59 / 100 two-way score

Lendeborg's offensive + defensive efficiency vs the 2026 class, per Synergy possessions.

Closest NBA comparisons

Matched on combine measurements (length, frame, explosion, agility) and college production (BPM, TS%, usage, assists), within position group. Each comp's tag shows which basis drove it; the college production + career outcome shown belongs to the comp, never projected onto Lendeborg.

“Top X%” = closer to Lendeborg than (100−X)% of all drafted bigs on the measurables + production; the bar shows relative closeness among these 5.

1. 1Jaren Jackson2018

   top 1%

   measurables + production · matched on 4 of 9 measurables · 4 of 4 production

   Became: Star · 2× All-Star · 9.2 career VORP · 455 g

   College: Michigan St. '18 · TS 64.7 · BPM 12.8

   Ht6'9"vs6'10"Weight241 lbvs236 lbReach108.5"vs110.0"Wing87.3"vs89.3"TS%64.7vs64.7USG%20.5vs22.8BPM15.5vs12.8AST%18.0vs9.3
2. 2Gorgui Dieng2013

   top 1%

   measurables + production · matched on 4 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Starter · 7.1 career VORP · 628 g

   College: Louisville '13 · TS 56.2 · BPM 13.4

   Ht6'9"vs6'10"Wing87.3"vs87.5"Weight241 lbvs230 lbReach108.5"vs111.5"Age23.7vs23.4USG%20.5vs18.2BPM15.5vs13.4AST%18.0vs12.3PORPAG5.8vs3.4TS%64.7vs56.2
3. 3Yaxel Lendeborg2025

   top 1%

   measurables + production · matched on 9 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Too early to grade · 0 g

   College: UAB '25 · TS 59.2 · BPM 10.9

   Reach108.5"vs108.5"Std vert25.5"vs25.5"Max vert32.0"vs31.5"Wing87.3"vs88.0"¾ sprint3.35svs3.30sWeight241 lbvs235 lbHt6'9"vs6'9"Shuttle2.80svs3.10sAgility10.82svs11.70sPORPAG5.8vs5.0Age23.7vs22.7AST%18.0vs22.9TS%64.7vs59.2USG%20.5vs25.6BPM15.5vs10.9
4. 4Ekpe Udoh2010

   top 2%

   measurables + production · matched on 8 of 9 measurables · 6 of 4 production

   Became: Rotation player · 0.8 career VORP · 384 g

   College: Baylor '10 · TS 53.0 · BPM 11.5

   Weight241 lbvs237 lb¾ sprint3.35svs3.29sMax vert32.0"vs33.5"Wing87.3"vs88.5"Agility10.82svs11.15sHt6'9"vs6'9"Reach108.5"vs106.5"Std vert25.5"vs31.0"Age23.7vs23.1USG%20.5vs23.0AST%18.0vs14.7PORPAG5.8vs4.2BPM15.5vs11.5TS%64.7vs53.0
5. 5Willie Cauley-Stein2015

   top 2%

   measurables + production · matched on 4 of 9 measurables · 4 of 4 production

   Became: Rotation player · 4.4 career VORP · 422 g

   College: Kentucky '15 · TS 58.8 · BPM 12.6

   Weight241 lbvs242 lbWing87.3"vs87.0"Ht6'9"vs6'11"Reach108.5"vs111.0"USG%20.5vs18.3BPM15.5vs12.6TS%64.7vs58.8AST%18.0vs7.4

How the closest comps turned out

Median outcome: Rotation — the typical case among these comps, between the floor and ceiling.

The 15 nearest blended comps (1 too recent to grade). These are the comps' own careers — a range of what the profile has become before, not a projection of Lendeborg.

via BartTorvik · percentiles vs B-bucket of all D1 history (2008-26)

40 games· 30.1 mpg

per-game · via barttorvik · percentiles vs all D1 2008-25 at the position

Raw per-game counts — not pace-adjusted; ranked against an 18-season D1 reference where elite-tier percentiles are stable across the window.