Yaxel Lendeborg could make strange history in the Rookie of the Year vote this season Yaxel若是拿下ROY會達成罕見的歷史紀錄 Story by Frank Urbina, HoopsHype·HoopsHype Not many had high hopes for the Golden State Warriors this season, not with Jimmy Butler (and Moses Moody) set to miss so much time as they recover from their respective injuries. And yet the team currently sits at 8-3, sixth overall in the West, and the deeper numbers - Golden State ranks No. 2 in offensive efficiency in 2026-27 and No. 11 in defensive efficiency - also support their hot start. On the other hand, this season, the Warriors are currently hitting 43.6 percent of their threes that NBA.com labels as wide open, the second-best mark in the league, so it's fair to wonder about the sustainability of that number. We think Stephen Curry will continue hitting his threes at a high clip, obviously, but will De'Anthony Melton, Will Richard, Al Horford and Brandin Podziemski keep shooting between 42.9 and 40.3 percent from three? That remains to be seen. 在Jimmy Butler和Moses Moody受傷後，大概沒有太多人會對本季的金州勇士抱有太多 期待。但是勇士仍在在開季打出一波8勝3負的戰績在西區排名第六，攤開數據進攻效率 排聯盟第2，防守效率第11是讓他們打出好表現的原因。空檔3分命中率高達43.6排名第2 Curry應該可以繼續維特高命中率，但是De'Anthony Melton Will Richard Al Horford 和Brandin Podziemski就很讓人好奇是否能保持4成以上的投射手感。 There's another player on Golden State's roster currently scorching hot from three, and that's rookie phenom Yaxel Lendeborg. Lendeborg has been nothing short of a revelation for the Warriors, a breath of fresh air in a skilled 6-foot-9 package who can score from all three levels, rebound, create and defend, and who is looking like an absolute steal for Golden State, who got him with the 11th pick in the most recent draft. Absolutely no one expected Lendeborg to be as good as he is right away in the Association, as evidenced by the fact that his own college head coach at Michigan, Dusty May, didn't force the current team he's coaching, the Dallas Mavericks, to draft him with the team's ninth pick. And yet, here we are, with Lendeborg playing like an All-Star in his first season and helping carry the Warriors to an impressive start. The former Michigan standout is averaging 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game on 52.3 percent shooting from the floor and 44.3 percent shooting from three so far this season. He ranks Top 16 in our Global Rating metric and Top 30 in BPM league-wide. The only other rookies to put up a 21/7/4 stat line in their inaugural campaigns? Four Hall of Famers (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird and Elgin Baylor), one future Hall of Famer (Luka Doncic) and a four-time All-Star (Sidney Wicks). 除了這群火熱的射手外，勇士最讓人驚奇的是新秀Yaxel Lendeborg身材6呎9能投3分能 抓籃板防守也不錯，能在11順位選到他簡直是樂透開了大獎，沒有人能夠預期他這麼快 就會好這麼好的表現，即便是他自已密西根大學的Dusty May教練也沒要擁有第9順位的 獨行俠選他。Yaxel Lendeborg新人年便打出全明星級別的身手帶領勇士繳出好表現， 21.4分7.2籃板4.0助攻1.0抄截52.3命中率(44.3三分命中率)在我們的Global Rating metric排名16，BPM也有前30。在新秀年繳出21分/7板/4助的數據除了名人堂的Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Oscar Robertson Larry Bird 和Elgin Baylor 還有準名人堂的Doncici If Lendeborg were to make an All-Star appearance in this, his rookie season, he'd be the first first-year player to do so since Blake Griffin in 2011, who would have been in his second season that year had he not missed his whole rookie season due to injury, and the second since Yao Ming in 2003, who didn't really play at an All-Star level that season but was voted in due to massive fan support from his native China. That's right, not even the likes of Doncic, LeBron James or Victor Wembanyama achieved All-Star honors as rookies. But with Lendeborg posting the numbers he's posting (he's one of just six players this season with a 21/7/4 stat line, joining Doncic, Alperen Sengun, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Scottie Barnes on the list), and the Warriors playing like an elite team in large part thanks to their rookie out of Michigan, that makes us think Lendeborg might have a chance. Lest we forget, Warriors fans helped make Andrew Wiggins an All-Star starter in 2021-22, and his numbers that season were far less impressive than Golden State's current rookie forward. An award that is even more attainable for Lendeborg, as things stand, is Rookie of the Year. Surprisingly enough, Lendeborg wouldn't be the oldest player in NBA history to win that award; that distinction would belong to David Robinson, who was a month older than Lendeborg when his own rookie season happened. But an interesting twist that might happen is that we might see the first time the reigning Rookie of the Year is older than the reigning regular-season MVP (as pointed out earlier this week on Reddit). That would only happen if Lendeborg wins Rookie of the Year and Wembanyama wins MVP, which is possible, even if Doncic is the early favorite. If Lendeborg and Wembanyama pull it off, that would make the Rookie of the Year 461 days older than the NBA MVP, an almost unfathomable feat considering how young most elite first-year players tend to be. 如果Yaxel Lendeborg真的被選進全明星，那他將是2011年後因傷勢休息第一年的Blake Griffin首見，或是2003年後第2位，當年的姚明第一年其實還沒有這麼亮眼，但是靠著 廣大的中國球迷還是進了全明星(按:2003全明星的先發只看球迷投票) 即便是Doncici Lebron James 或Victor Wembanyama也沒能在新秀年入選全明星，但是 他21/7/4的數據全聯盟只有Doncici Alperen Sengun Nikola Jokic Scottie Barnes Giannis Antetokounmpo共6人達成。而勇士的好表現Yaxel功不可沒，這也讓他有了問鼎 最佳新秀的呼聲，別忘了，2022年勇迷曾經把Andrew Wiggins送進全明星賽，而Wiggins 當時的表現甚至沒有Yaxel來的驚奇。但是Yaxel Lendeborg有望角逐最佳新秀還不是最 讓人驚呼的，因為假設真的拿到最佳新秀他也不是年紀最大的最佳新秀，最老的是David Robinson他會比屆時的Yaxel Lendeborg大一個月。 然後更有趣的是我們有機會看到最佳新秀得主比最佳球員MVP得主的年紀還要大，如果 最終結果是Yaxel Lendeborg和Victor Wembanyama分別拿下(雖然目前Doncic較被看好) 而且整整大了461天，有鑑於被選進NBA的天賦球員們一個比一個年輕，讓這個可能的 特殊成就難以再度企及。 As of now, the closest this has come to happening (we're obviously not counting Wilt Chamberlain or Wes Unseld, who won MVP as rookies) was when Bill Russell won MVP in 1958, and Woody Sauldsberry won Rookie of the Year, with 149 days separating them. The next closest instance came much more recently, in 2011, when Derrick Rose took home MVP honors while being 187 days older than that year's Rookie of the Year, Blake Griffin. But a Lendeborg-Wembanyama Rookie of the Year-MVP ticket in 2026-27 would be the first time ever a ROY was older than the MVP, a product of the Warriors forward being a late-bloomer, one who spent three years. in JUCO and three years at the D-1 level. Just for reference, when Lendeborg's college career started in 2020-21, Wembanyama was still 16 years old. Yaxel's torrid start to his NBA career has been nothing short of astounding. We'll see if he's able to keep it up as teams start to build more advanced scouting reports against him, but for now, we're looking at an extremely unique situation, especially considering the year we're in, when it's so much more difficult for future NBA stars to fall through the cracks. 目前MVP和ROY年紀差異最接近的是1958MVP Bill Russell和拿ROY的Woody Sauldsberry Bill Russell大了149天(Wilt Chamberlain和Wes Unseld這二個新秀拿MVP的不算的話) 再來就是2011年Derrick Rose拿MVP時比ROY的Blake Griffin大187天。 所以Lendeborg - Wembanyama這個組合會是史無前例的ROY年紀比MVP大，這位勇士前鋒 在JUCO打了3年後又在D1層級的球隊打了3年，冷知識當Yaxel Lendeborg2011開始他的大 學生涯時，Victor Wembanyama才16歲。Yaxel Lendeborg生涯起步就讓眾人驚奇，但他 能否保持一樣的貢獻當敵隊開始下功夫去研究他呢。在當今的環境，能讓一個NBA等級 的球員這麼晚才進入聯盟也是很困難的事。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 223.136.77.40 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1794449711.A.CA2.html