Doncic's Savage Trash Talk to Warriors Rookie Revealed /VIDEO/

Pulse Sports Team 14:17 - 24 October 2026

The new NBA season has only just begun, and Luka Doncic is already making waves across the league! Following his 23-point, seven-assist, and eight-rebound performance against the Clippers, details have emerged from the season opener against Golden State, where the Slovenian superstar engaged in a heated verbal exchange with Warriors rookie Jaxel Lendeborg.

In the season opener against the Warriors, Doncic led his team to victory with 28 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists, but things got heated on the floor. Tension boiled over in the third quarter when Lendeborg fouled him and sent him to the free-throw line. Doncic turned to him and delivered a ruthless jab that instantly went viral across social media:

"Bro, you're 24 and you're a rookie. Relax!" – Luka Doncic

What did Jaxel Lendeborg have to say?

The Puerto Rican rookie forward, who arrived as the 11th overall draft pick fresh off an NCAA national championship run with Michigan, didn't hold back after the game. Speaking with reporters, he admitted that Doncic's attitude completely rubbed him the wrong way:

"Man, he was talking to the refs the entire time. It was an interesting first game for me. I had a lot of respect for him before, watching him kill people out there. But being on the floor and seeing how much he complains and how much he whines to the officials, I lost all respect." – Jaxel Lendeborg

Lendeborg went on to explain exactly why he lost his temper:

"It's not about whether a foul was called or not—it's about how much he complains. Then he gets a whistle and starts talking to me like he did something incredible. That's weak. It got to me a bit, I admit. I told him he's trash, that he's all talk and can't score on me. I threw in a few expletives, which is why I got the technical foul and everything. He was laughing at me the whole time over one foul, and he hit that shot from half-court. It's a team sport—he dropped 28 on us, but I took our individual matchup personally. I tried my best not to foul him. At one point, I even thought about putting my hands behind my back to guard him, though I'm pretty sure they still would've blown the whistle." – Jaxel Lendeborg

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