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Golden State Warriors top draft pick Yaxel Lendeborg responded with shock when assistant coach Frank Vogel informed him he would guard Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić during a preseason game on Tuesday night.
11 overall pick from the Michigan Wolverines, told reporters that he was on his phone before the game when Vogel approached him with the assignment. "'Hey, you're guarding Luka tonight,'" Lendeborg recalled.
You're just gonna throw me in the fire?'" The rookie's reaction stemmed from the difficulty of defending one of the league's most prolific offensive players.
Lendeborg noted that Vogel mentioned Dončić averages around 30 to 35 points and that nobody can stop him. "My mind was all over the place after that," Lendeborg said.
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