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Newsstand: Inside Yaxel Lendeborg's visit to Michigan

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•about 20 hours•

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The Michigan Wolverines hosted transfer portal commit Yaxel Lendeborg on an official visit on Friday and Saturday as they wait out his NBA Draft decision. By the looks of things on social media, it appears to have gone very well.

Lendeborg posted a video recap of his visit on X, the app formerly known as Twitter, with a number of posed photos in different Michigan uniforms as he made his way through the facilities.

Lendeborg, who stands at 6-9, 240 pounds, is considered a late-first/early second-round prospect by most analytics, but a season at a Power Four school could be a boost to his pro stock. He has spent the last two years at UAB after spending two seasons at Arizona Western College in the JUCO ranks. While he was there, he was a two-time NJCAA All-American and back-to-back ACCAC Player of the Year.

This season, he was a star with the Blazers, averaging 17.7 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 52.2% from the field and 35.7% from three-point range.

Lendeborg had season highs of 30 points and 20 rebounds in a 94-77 win over East Carolina in the AAC Tournament, along with 8 assists, 4 blocks and 5 steals. He was the AAC Defensive Player of the Year and an All-AAC First-Team selection for the second year in a row. He also set a single-season program record for rebounds with 420 this year at UAB and led the NCAA with 26 double-doubles on the season.

The deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft process is May 28.

Tweets of the day

Michigan quote of the day

“Smigiel is a high floor prospect who knows how to command an offense, is accurate short-intermediate, and can be a serviceable option in the quarterback room. Overall, Smigiel projects best as a quality backup for Underwood over the next few years and an eventual late career starter. Smigiel does have a very limited ceiling. He’ll be 20 years old during his freshman season and doesn’t have elite arm talent. But again, Michigan simply needs a reliable quarterback before looking at 2027 for a higher end option.”

– The Wolverine’s EJ Holland on 2026 QB commitment Brady Smigiel

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