Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg began his NBA career by buying his mother a house.
Lendeborg shared a video on his YouTube channel on Friday in which he presented his mother, Yissel Raposo, with the keys to a new house in California.
Lendeborg wrote a tribute to his mother last February in the Players’ Tribune in which he detailed his ongoing battle with stage 4 appendix cancer.
Raposo was then on hand to celebrate with Lendeborg when he was selected by the Warriors with the No. 11 pick in the 2026 draft.
Lendeborg opened his rookie season starting all nine games for the 6-3 Warriors while ranking behind Stephen Curry for the team lead with 21 points per game.
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