UAB Star Big Man YAXEL LENDEBORG is committed to Michigan

The YAXEL LENDEBORG of the UAB, the best great man of the NCAA transfer portal, has signed up in Michigan, he told ESPN on Saturday.

“I love the culture that Dusty May has brought to all the teams he has trained,” said Lendeborg. “When I started watching university basketball, it was FAU.”

Lendeborg, perspective n ° 28 in the projections of the recovery of ESPN, will also declare the draft of the NBA while maintaining its eligibility for the NCAA. He says he is fully determined to explore the project process first, in order to obtain insurance from a NBA team from a multi -year contract in order to give up on the occasion to play Michigan.

“I focus on the project process and I am doing the NBA right now,” said Lendeborg. “I want a guaranteed contract. This is the greatest thing. Make sure I am in a good place. I would prefer to play university basketball in Ann Arbor that in and out of the G Ligue G in two. I want to find a safe place.”

The choice of recovery in the first round receive four -year contracts on a recruit scale of the NBA, while many players selected in the upper half of the second round also sign significant multi -year guarantees. The deadline for withdrawing from the project is ten days after the NBA combination, which will be held from May 11 to 18 in Chicago. Lendeborg has until May 28 to make his decision on where he will play next season.

Lendeborg was one of the most productive players in university basketball, with an average of 17.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.6 interceptions, pulling 55% on a beach of 2 points and 36% for 3. Season, with Larry Bird.

He was appointed defensive player of the year and All-AAC of the first team in each of the last two seasons, despite his arrival at the UAB with little experience by playing organized basketball.

Lendeborg says that he only played 11 university high school games as a senior and was essentially forced to move across the country in a small junior college in Arizona by his mother after having set out an exhibition camp for Dominican players in New York.

“I was more in video games than basketball for most of my life,” Lendeborg told ESPN. “I would play 19 hours a day, it was a religion for me. I was not the best student. My mother forced me to get on an Arizona plane. It was the best thing that happens to me.

If the next day is retired from the draft, he will enter the vacuum left by 7 feet Danny Wolf, a choice of draft projected by the top-20 out of an out-of-competition season in Michigan in which he alternated between the playmaker, Power Forward and Center.

Lendeborg says that Wolf’s success this season, and the strong use he has seen pushing the defensive glass balloon and facilitating the offensive as a Pick-And-Roll ball manager, played a role in his decision-making process.

“It’s incredible what Dusty May did with Danny Wolf,” said Lendeborg. “I watched his games this season and said:” Dude, I want it to be me. “I try to bring the same type of versatility he brought to Michigan.”

Jonathan Givony is a draft expert from the NBA and founder and co -owner of Draftexpress.com, a private screening and analysis service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams.