Lakers’ Luka Doncic welcomes Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg to NBA: ‘Talking crazy’

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Price, K. (2026, October 22). Lakers’ Luka Doncic welcomes Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg to NBA: ‘Talking crazy’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/sports/lakers-luka-doncic-yaxel-lendeborg-was-talking-crazy/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-22 · by Khobi Price

Quick Summary

During a game between the Lakers and the Warriors, rookie Yaxel Lendeborg of the Warriors engaged in trash talk with Luka Doncic of the Lakers late in the second quarter. This led to Lendeborg picking up a technical foul as he continued to exchange words with Doncic while on the bench. Despite the verbal sparring, Doncic managed to avoid getting a technical foul and instead scored a buzzer-beating half-court shot at halftime, giving the Lakers a 66-52 lead.
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Story summary

On October 19, 2026, during the Lakers' season-opening victory over the Warriors at Crypto.com Arena, Luka Doncic and Yaxel Lendeborg engaged in trash talk that escalated throughout the second quarter. This verbal confrontation intensified when Doncic hit a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot just before halftime to give the Lakers a 66-52 lead. Doncic, who scored 23 points in the first half, continued talking trash even after Lendeborg had been substituted out of the game. The Warriors rookie, drafted as the 11th pick in June’s NBA draft, finished with 12 points and four personal fouls but admitted to losing respect for Doncic's behavior, saying it was "awful."

Written for “Lakers Luka Teases Warriors Rookie” on 2026-10-22, grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Lakers Luka Teases Warriors Rookie
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New York Post
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“Both articles describe the same trash talking incident between Luka Doncic and Yaxel Lendeborg during a Lakers-Warriors game at Crypto.com Arena on the same date.”
New York Post
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“Both articles describe the same NBA game where Warriors' rookie Yaxel Lendeborg engaged in trash talk with Lakers' star player Luka Doncic during a season-opening loss.”
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Khobi Price
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🔮 Even after Lendeborg subbed out, Doncic kept talking to the 6-foot-9 forward out of Michigan while he was on the bench after knocking down a fadeaway against Will Richard, and once again while Sandro Mamukelashvili was shooting free throws.
🔮 Maybe Lendeborg, who was playing in his first NBA game after being the No. 11 pick in June’s NBA draft, will think twice before waking up the best that is Doncic.
🔮 After the 2025-26 season ended, Kevon Looney didn’t realize the next step in his NBA journey would bring him back to a familiar place.
🔮 “Couldn’t tell you – I haven’t played yet,” he responded while laughing after Tuesday’s practice, the final tune-up session before the team’s regular season opener against the Warriors.
🔮 There’s a good chance Reaves will not only be the lone player in the Lakers’ starting lineup on Wednesday who started his career with the franchise, but also the only player in the rotation who was at least on a rookie contract with the Lakers.
🔮 With Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler available for Friday’s preseason finale loss to the Nuggets on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, the wait to see how the team would look with its most consequential players alongside each other ended.
🔮 The Lakers unveiled what could be their starting lineup when the regular season starts next week ahead of their preseason finale on Friday night.
🔮 So there’s a number of ways that that could be addressed, and the back-end point of it will be before we play the Warriors.
🔮 In an ideal world, by now the Lakers would’ve already gotten at least one look at what their team would look like with close to their full roster available.
🔮 Flav, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., and the 6-foot-9 Lakers forward have a friendship that dates back to when Mamukelashvili was selected in the second round of the 2021 draft.
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Topics

Lakers Michigan NBA Slovenian Warriors

Subjects

Doncic PERSON · 8× Lakers ORG · 3× Lendeborg PERSON · 2× NBA ORG · 2× Warriors ORG · 2× Luka Doncic PERSON · 1× Michigan GPE · 1× Slovenian NORP · 1× Will Richard PERSON · 1× Yaxel Lendeborg PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Even after Lendeborg subbed out, Doncic kept talking to the 6-foot-9 forward out of Michigan while he was on the bench after knocking down a fadeaway against Will Richard, and once again while Sandro Mamukelashvili was shooting free throws.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-22
🔮 Even after Lendeborg subbed out, Doncic kept talking to the 6-foot-9 forward out of Michigan while he was on the bench after knocking down a fadeaway against Will Richard, and once again while Sandro Mamukelashvili was shooting free throws.

Claims (18 extracted, 0 hedged)

There’s a common idiom that most NBA players follow when it comes to the league’s best players: Don’t poke the bear. asserted
it → ’ → bear
But when it came to Luka Doncic on Wednesday night during the Lakers’ season-opening blowout win over the Warriors at Crypto.com Arena, Yaxel Lendeborg not only poked the bear, but ignited a barrage of chirping late in the second quarter. asserted
Lendeborg → come → quarter
And the Slovenian superstar made it clear that whatever the Warriors rookie said was out of bounds. asserted
said → make → bounds
“He was talking crazy,” Doncic said. asserted
Doncic → talk → ?
The trash talk started when the Lakers 6-foot-8 guard picked up a shooting foul against Lendeborg late in the second, with Doncic laughing as the No. 11 pick in June’s NBA draft became frustrated with the call. asserted
pick → start → call
Even after Lendeborg subbed out, Doncic kept talking to the 6-foot-9 forward out of Michigan while he was on the bench after knocking down a fadeaway against Will Richard, and once again while Sandro Mamukelashvili was shooting free throws. asserted
Mamukelashvili → sub → throws
Lendeborg picked up a technical foul with 22 seconds left in the first half after he and Doncic, presumably, kept chirping at each other. asserted
he → pick → other
The punctuation mark to the jawing came right before halftime, when Doncic nailed a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot to give the Lakers a 66-52 lead going into the game’s break. asserted
Doncic → come → break
“Nobody understands what he says,” Austin Reaves quipped of Doncic. asserted
Reaves → understand → Doncic
“He’s not speaking English. asserted
He → speak → English
I didn’t understand anything and barely knew anything was going on. asserted
anything → understand → anything
So, I know we need an article to come out and I’m going to start paying people to talk s— to him so gets [into] another gear when people start trying to talk to him.” asserted
people → know → him
The most impressive part of the back-and-forth was Doncic not picking up a technical foul during the whole ordeal after being assessed 16 technical fouls last season. asserted
Doncic → pick → fouls
“I wasn’t trying to talk back this season,” Doncic said. asserted
Doncic → try → ?
“I’m trying to not get techs. asserted
I → try → techs
So it was the first time that [it] was not a double tech, because I didn’t say nothing. asserted
I → say → nothing
So I’m working on it. asserted
I → work → it
But as you see, it worked great.” asserted
it → see → ?
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