Yaxel Lendeborg signs with Michigan basketball: Transfer Portal’s top-ranked player is officially a Wolverine

YaxelLendeborgisofficiallyaMichiganWolverine. Thetop-rankedplayerintheTransferPortalhassignedwithMichigan,theprogramannouncedMondayafternoon,formalizinghistransferfromUAB.LendeborghadcommittedtotheWolverinesinearlyAprilbutparticipatedintheNBADraftprocess,withdrawinghisnamefromconsiderationlastweek. Now,oneofthebestpowerforwardsinthecountryhasputpentopaperandwillofficiallyplayforDustyMayandMichiganthiswinter. “Let’sgoooooo,”Lendeborgsharedonsocialmedia. Lendeborg,22,isjewelinMichigan’sTransferPortalhaulandraisesexpectationsforDustyMay’ssecondyearinAnnArbor.HejoinstherosteralongsideElliotCadeau(NorthCarolina),MorezJohnsonJr.(Illinois)andAdayMara(UCLA)astheycomplementTreyMcKenney,NimariBurnett,RoddyGayleJr.,WillTschetterandotherswiththegoalofimprovingonlastseason’sruntotheSweetSixteen. Lastseason,Lendeborgaveraged17.7points,11.4rebounds,4.2assist