"I Lost All Respect!" NBA Rookie Takes Scathing Shot at Dončić: 'Come on, Man, That's Weak...' /VIDEO/

"There's a lot of flopping, baiting for fouls, and crying to the referees. It was an interesting first game for me... I used to have a ton of respect for him. I didn't watch too much NBA, but I saw highlights of him tearing opponents apart. But experiencing that live—the whining and complaining—made me lose all respect. It's not about getting a foul call; it's about complaining all game long. You got the whistle, congratulations, and then you get in my face like you just did something special? Come on, man, that's weak. It threw me off a bit because I held him in such high regard. Now that's completely gone." — Yaxel Lendeborg

"I told him he was trash. 'You're all talk, you can't score on me.' A few curse words slipped out, which got me a technical, but I wanted to get my point across. He just laughed and talked back over that single whistle. The only shot he made on me was that half-court bank shot. He put up 28 points on our team... I honestly thought about guarding him with my hands tied behind my back, and he'd probably still draw a foul."