.@BillSimmons talks about Yaxel and the Warriors: "I was convinced before last night that this was 1 of the 5 worst teams in the league and maybe 1 of the 3 worst, and the moment Steph got hurt, this was going to be beyond grim. That leads me to my 1st overreaction after 1 week. Overreaction #1, Yaxel might have single-handedly saved the Steph era, like for real, and I can't tell you how good he was in this Denver game last night . . . Yaxel looked like mid-2010's LeBron in this game. I don't say that lightly because mid-2010's LeBron was awesome. They're running the offense through him. He was all over the place on defense. He was rebounding. He was initiating stuff. He was getting to the basket whenever. It was unbelievable. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe how good he was."

Yaxel on if the game is already slowing down for him: "I would say offensively, yes. I hope you guys noticed last game, I was pretty much just throwing my body into people trying to create while I'm in the air. Today was more so like having a little more patience and figuring out when to jump and when not to jump. On the defensive end, I still have to figure out my weakside help. I gave up a lot of buckets down low, just thinking like my teammates are going to get back and they're thinking I'm going to stay there, so it's just a little confusing and it's all on my part. So, I'm going to watch a lot more film and finally see if I can figure it out one day."