Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg 'hurt' Alabama didn't recruit him, downplays Kentucky NIL comments

CHICAGO — Michigan star forward Yaxel Lendeborg didn’t expect his comments to cause such a stir. The comments in question were from last week, before the NCAA Tournament tipped off, when the Big Ten Player of the Year told the Associated Press that Kentucky offered him “$7 (million) to $9 (million)” when he entered the transfer portal last offseason to play for the Wildcats. “They were pretty much going off on the route like we’ll pay him anything to get here,” Lendeborg told the AP. The 6-foot-9 graduate senior chose the Wolverines instead, a marriage that has worked out...