Bill Simmons suggests Golden State Warriors may have just unearthed the new LeBron James

The Golden State Warriors brought an end to their 0-3 start to the season by beating the Denver Nuggets 134-114. Steph Curry and Brandin Podziemski were impressive, but the real star of the show was Yaxel Lendeborg, who scored 31 points to help his side win the game. The 24-year-old has been earning a lot of praise for his performance, but the biggest one may have just come from Bill Simmons. Bill Simmons compares Yaxel Lendeborg to a mid-2010s LeBron James Lendeborg was outstanding for the Warriors in their win against the Nuggets. Along with scoring a career-high 31 points, he registered 12 rebounds, six assists and one block. He was the best player on the floor on the night. Simmons was beyond impressed by Lendeborg, so much so that he compared him to LeBron James in the 2010s. He also claimed that the rookie may have saved Steph Curry’s career. He said on Ringer : “Yaxel might have single-handedly saved the Steph era, like for real. I can’t tell you how good he was in this Denver game last night. I watched the entire game. “Yaxel looked like mid-2010s LeBron in this game. I don’t say that lightly, because mid-2010s LeBron was awesome. “He was doing it. They were running the offence through him. He was all over the place on defence. He was rebounding. He was initiating stuff. He was getting to the basket. “It was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe how good he was.” Lendeborg has gained immense popularity since the start of the season. His off-the-floor comments on Luka Doncic made headlines first, but his performances have since been doing the talking. In the entire draft lottery era of the NBA, Lendeborg is just the fourth player to score 85+ points and 35+ rebounds in his first four career games after Patrick Ewing, David Robinson and Shaquille O’Neal. We don’t know if he’s the second coming of LeBron, but Lendeborg has everything he needs to become a superstar. Warriors fans have nothing but love for Yaxel Lendeborg after 31-point explosion vs. Nuggets Stephen Curry praises ‘complete package’ Yaxel Lendeborg after breakout NBA performance ‘Very poor’: Steve Kerr identifies major problem in Yaxel Lendeborg’s game that ‘has to improve’