Last offseason, Yaxel Lendeborg was one of the most coveted players in the transfer portal. He fit everything that Mark Pope wants in his system: a versatile forward who can shoot, rebound, and pass.
But despite Kentucky’s aggressive pursuit, Lendeborg ultimately chose the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball.
Now we know just how aggressive that pursuit was.
“They started the number with $7 to 9 million,” Lendeborg told the Associated Press.
For a program long rumored to be fighting NIL limitations because of JMI, the quote revealed something surprising: money was never the issue.