Rookie duties meet an age gap on Bleacher Report

Yaxel Lendeborg questions taking assignments from the younger Brandin Podziemski, alongside a busy slate of NBA preseason clips.

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Yaxel doesn’t want rookie duties from Podz 🤣

Being older doesn't necessarily spare you the rookie chores. Bleacher Report's most-watched new upload features Yaxel Lendeborg discussing whether Brandin Podziemski will give him rookie duties, despite Podziemski being a year younger.

The clip, credited to NBC Sports Bay Area's @NBCSAuthentic, drew roughly 32,000 views in six hours. Viewers picked up on the distinction between age and league seniority: some compared it to having an uncle younger than you, while others argued that time in the NBA is what counts.

It was part of a fifteen-upload week with plenty of preseason basketball. Victor Wembanyama blocked a shot before throwing himself an alley-oop against Sacramento. Philadelphia supplied Joel Embiid's scoring performance and a Tyrese Maxey-to-LeBron James alley-oop, while another clip highlighted Ben Simmons' contribution in the Kings' preseason finale. Boston's Hugo Gonzalez got the familiar freeze-frame-friendly question: how many steps was that?

Across the channel, weekly views reached about 44 million, the largest weekly gain among the nearby sports channels here. Subscribers were unchanged, but daily viewing is running roughly half again above its usual level. FOX Sports also had a particularly busy viewing day; NBC Sports and TNT Sports US were quieter than usual.

Among the uploads carrying momentum now is a reaction rather than just a play: Karl-Anthony Towns watching Jalen Brunson take over against Cleveland. On a shelf full of blocks, finishes and scoring bursts, there's room for the teammate watching it happen too.

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The videos drawing views on Bleacher Report right now

Wemby doing alien things 👽23,388 views · 2026-10-17 Did he get away with one? 😅19,095 views · 2026-10-17 Joel cooking in the final preseason game 🔥13,151 views · 2026-10-17 First of many Maxey to LeBron alley-oops 🔥11,626 views · 2026-10-17 Ben Simmons finding his role with the Kings 👀11,419 views · 2026-10-17 CAPTAIN. CLUTCH. 🗽 KAT’s reaction when Jalen Brunson took over in Ga…7,649 views Do you agree with Shady’s list? 🤔6,273 views The ump made a quick adjustment 👀2,963 views

The numbers

Here is how Bleacher Report's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Bleacher Report

43,540,263

FOX Sports

19,445,305

NBC Sports

9,668,830

The Pat McAfee Show

9,640,549

Speakeasy

7,625,836

NBA on ESPN

6,638,876

MaxPreps

5,970,144

Whistle

5,560,991

TNT Sports US

934,088

subscribers

5,060,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,957,438,760

views per day

8,364,147

typical day: 5,519,837

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NBC Sports

5,410,000

Bleacher Report

5,060,000

MaxPreps

3,500,000

Whistle

3,220,000

The Pat McAfee Show

3,000,000

Speakeasy

2,610,000

FOX Sports

2,350,000

NBA on ESPN

2,180,000

TNT Sports US

2,030,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.