Draymond Green Jokingly Calls Out Warriors Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg Over ‘lies'

Draymond Green jokingly calls out Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg over ‘lies' originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Warriors don’t have their hilarious in-house back-and-forth between Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield anymore, but a new frenemies situation might be developing in its place.

Golden State star Draymond Green and No. 11 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft Yaxel Lendeborg attended Michigan State and Michigan, respectively — two schools that don’t exactly like each other.

And it appears that college rivalry isn’t lost on these two new teammates, who already have an ongoing beef on social media.

Here’s how it started. During Lendeborg’s introductory press conference on Friday, the first-round pick was asked if he had already talked to Green and Steph Curry yet.

“Steph actually welcomed both of us in the group chat the night of the draft, so when [Lajae Jones] got drafted and I got drafted,” Lendeborg told reporters. “And I reached out to him yesterday. I asked one quick question, and then I reached out to Draymond as well. I haven’t got that response back yet from Draymond, but …”

Lendeborg laughed, while general manager Mike Dunleavy interjected to add, “Don’t worry, [Green] doesn’t respond to me, either.”

However, Green then pulled out some receipts, posting a screenshot of texts between him and Lendeborg in an Instagram story. The four-time NBA champion also added some commentary of his own, saying “Rookie Hazing heating up for these lies Rook,” as well as a barb at Michigan.

Lendeborg then refuted Green’s attack in an IG story of his own; it seems to be all in good fun, though, based on the amount of laughing emojis from both sides.

Hopefully, this teasing between rookie and veteran is a good sign of things to come as far as their chemistry going forward.

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